Moitreyi by Shubhabrata Ray Choudhuri [Hardcover]

The story of Maitreyi and Yajnavalkya holds special significance in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Maitreyi, the wife of sage Yajnavalkya, is an inquisitive seeker of the self. Her enlightened husband is the advisor of that incomparable knowledge. When Shubabrata Ray Choudhury wrote this screenplay based on the story of Maitreyi and Yajnavalkya, he was only seventeen years old. Known as a brilliant student, the author's first literary endeavor, 'Maitreyi,' was blessed by Rabindranath Tagore. At that time, screenplay writing was a novel concept in this country. Professor Janardan Chakraborty remarked, ‘By relying on the poetic nature of the era, the powerful writer has achieved something almost impossible. The present writer is not just a pioneer in this specific aspect of our literature. He is unique and unparalleled.’ More than eight decades ago, that book was written, and now it is reprinted by Signet Publications. The unparalleled story of knowledge and love-asceticism of Maitreyi and Yajnavalkya is ‘Maitreyi.’