![]() Mahadevi Varma was not only a Hindi poet but also a freedom fighter and educationist from India. Mahadevi Varma Illustration: Samhita Sonti Another famous work of Maithili Sharan Gupt is Saket, Jayadrath Vadh, Kirano Ka Khel, and Yashodhara, among others. In fact, Gandhiji was so impressed by this that he honoured him with the title Rashtra Kavi. People were greatly inspired by his words. ![]() ![]() His most appreciated work was Bharat-Bharati where he wrote about the freedom struggle. His first poem published by the Indian press was, Rang mein Rang. His works were mostly based on patriotic themes and revolved around the plots of Ramayana, Mahabharata, Buddhist stories and lives of religious figures. His writing style was unique as he wrote in Khari Boli (plain dialect) while most of the others preferred the use of Braj Basha dialect. Born and brought up in Chirgaon, Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, he entered the world of Hindi literature by publishing his poems first in Indian magazines. A great devotee of Kabirdas, Maithili started writing poems since then. He was home-tutored in Sanskrit, Bengali, and English. As a child, like many kids, he did not like to go to school and gave up schooling in between.
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