Parichay Das


Parichay Das, born Ravindra Nath Srivastava, is an Indian writer, essayist, poet and editor of contemporary Bhojpuri poetry. He writes in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Hindi. He is Ph.D. from Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. He is ex Secretary, Maithili-Bhojpuri Academy, Delhi Government and ex Secretary, Hindi Academy, Delhi Government. He has written/ edited/ text edited more than 30 books. He received the Dwi-Vaageesh Samman award for srijan evam anuvaad by the Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad in 2012. . He received Bhojpuri Keerti Sammaan, Bharteey Dalit Sahitya Sammaan, Shyam Narayan Pandey Sammaan,Editor's Choice Award and Damodar Das Chaturvedi Bhasha-Sahitya Sammaan. He delivered a lecture on Bhojpuri in Kathmandu as representative of kendriy Sahitya Akademi in 2012. He recited his poems in SAARC Literary Summit in Delhi in 2011. He is considered a unique personal essay writer in Indian Languages and path breaker poet in Bhojpuri.

Personal life

He was born in the village Rampur Devlaas in Mau district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
He was secretary, Hindi Academy, Delhi Government and Secretary, Maithili - Bhojpuri Academy of the Government of Delhi.

Career

Das has served as a secretary to Maithili–Bhojpuri Academy and Hindi Academy of the Delhi Government*He has also worked as an editor to the academies' magazines, Parichhan and Indra Prasth Bhaarti.
Edited an important creative literary critical book in Bhojpuri language on Bhikhari Thakur, a well-known actor and playwright in Bhojpuri.
Edited more than 25 cultural packages, including:
Edited/Text Edited Magazines
Some Discourses and Lectures/ Poetry Recitation -
Lecture on Bhojpuri Literature and Language in kathmandu
Organising Events and Activities: Cultural Programmes