Chaudhary Kaushal Kishor Thakur

Chaudhary Kaushal Kishore Thakur, the author of the original Hindi novella ?Bhavaanii Bahuu? translated into English as ?Massacre at Midnight? is a scion of the Singhwaar Thaakurs descended from Chaudhary Jagdambii Thaakur, the protagonist of this novella. He is a noted poet and author of Maithili, his mother-tongue, with numerous published works. Special mention may be made of ?Kaha?thi Kabiir?, Maithili short stories and ?Hari Ichchhaa Gariiyasii?, Maithili novel. Born at Singhwaar Deorhii on 6th March, 1935, Chaudhary Kaushal Kishore Thakur lives in present-day Singhwara, a Block headquarter in Darbhanga district of Bihar. Priyadarshi Thakur ?Khayal?, also from Singhwara, is a noted poet and translator. His translation of two hundred poems of the ninth-century Chinese poet Bai Juyi into Hindi has been very popular. ?Khayal? is also the translator of the Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk?s novel ?Snow? into Hindi, published by Penguin India.