ABOUT THE BOOK
As Sri Jay Dev occupies the heart of Oriya nation as its finest bard of feminism in philosophy of love, so also Vidyapati occupies the hearts of the peoples of Mithila. Sri Jay Dev created Radha as symbol of female superiority in cause of creation as well as of individualism getting its fulfilment by merging in socialsm rejecting barriers like casteism and other factors of separatism according to analysis depicted by
Sri Subhas Chandra Pattanayak in his masterly work

"Sri Jaya Devanka Baisi Pahacha" published by Bharata Bharati, Cuttack in 2005. Vidyapati, inspired by Sri Jay Dev has used Radha in
his love songs. This book is a compilation of a selected few of his love songs translated into Oriya in equally lucid poetic form
by Sri Pattanayak.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author of this translated anthology, Sri Subhas Chandra Pattanayak, is an outstanding journalist of over four decades standing whose contribution to Orissan culture is as exemplary as illuminating are his reports on affairs of democracy.
The first online journalist of India to have official accreditation, he is the founder Representative-in-Chief of Orissa's first independent website orissamatters.com.