| Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi | |
| Author: | Binod Bihari Verma |
| Cover Artist: | Varuna Verma |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Maithili |
| Genre: | Short story collection |
| Publisher: | Binod Bihari Verma |
| Release Date: | 1994 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Pages: | 105 pp |
| Oclc: | 33161229 |
| Isbn: | 81-905911-1-8 |
| Preceded By: | Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan a Survey of the Panjis of the Karan Kayasthas of Mithila |
| Followed By: | Tapasa vai Ganga Biography of renowned historian Prof. Radha Krishna Choudhary.(1995) |
Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi (The peasants on the banks of river Balan and Pallavi) is a short story collection, written by Dr Binod Bihari Verma, on the village life of Mithila on the banks of the Kosi River and its tributaries.
This short story collection has fourteen short stories centering on the village society of Mithila. The focus of the stories and the protagonists are from the middle and lower middle class of the population. It deals with their social interactions, their dreams and aspirations, and their interaction with the predominant forces of their environment namely, the rivers.
Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi means the tiller by the river and Pallavi, a common feminine name neing a metaphor for the agricultural produce of the farmer. It is the title of the first short story in this collection and is reflective of the general theme of the stories.
Most of the short stories have certain similar central characters, these are: