PROF. RABINDRA NATH OJHA: A UNIQUE PERSONALITY UNHIGHLIGHTED

PROF.  RABINDRA NATH OJHA: 

A UNIQUE PERSONALITY  UNHIGHLIGHTED


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Born in the village Badka Singhanpura of Buxar district (Bihar,India) Prof (Dr.) Rabindra Nath Ojha retired from M.J.K College Bettiah as University Professor and has been rightful front-runner amongst the famous scholars of English, Hindi ,Sanskrit and Bhojpuri. He is a well-known name as an essayist, poet, critique, reviewer, analyst, translator, letter-writer, editor, powerful orator, Director (Play/Drama),  successful organizer, trade unionist, champion of the causes of Teachers, Students & Depriveds, social activist,philosopher,spiritualist above all humanist  and what not. In the true sense of the 'saying' he has been  embodiment of "Simple Living & High Thinking".

Enlightened readers of Hindi must be aware of the fact that Ojhajee used to write letters very often. Long letters and that too continuously. His letters have been repeatedly published in Hindi Magazines such as 'Saarika', 'Dinmaan', 'Saptahik Hindustan','Navneet', 'Madhumati', 'Kadambini', 'Aajkal', 'Hans'.'Hans' has honoured him as "Prabuddha Pathak"  in the October edition of 1989.

Though Prof Ojha has used his pen on many aspects of Hindi literature but special mention may be made of his four published books on the collections of personal essays namely - NAIVEDYAM, NIRMALYAM, SATYAM-SHIVAM, SHIVAM-SUNDARAM. After looking at the numbers of  manuscripts of unpublished personal essays it appears that another eight collections can  still be published. Apart from personal essays he has penned down hundreds of beautiful  poems in Hindi as well as in  Bhojpuri.He has also written a very extensive and impressive introduction of the "GEETA MAI" in Bhojpuri written by Ram Bihari Ojha.An introduction written in English by Prof Ojha   of  English Short Story "ICEBERG" has been highly appreciated.

After having retired as Head ,Department of English, M. J. K College Bettiah he has been nominated as member of  Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Railways and later Ministry  of Law & Social Justice  and has offered his important services for the spread of Hindi  for three-three years.

Photo by Ajay Kumar (Ojha)

Prof. Ojha has been honoured by various institutions.He has been appreciated and remained in news for being  a very powerful & arresting orator. An active Gandhian Social Activist Dr. Ojha has always fought for the causes and welfare of Teachers, students &  other deprived sections of society. In the process he has gone on fast -unto -death and courted arrest  several times. He jumped into JP movement ,went to jail many times and detained under MISA even. He has been the leading light of the Federation of Service Associations and Trade Unions of Champaran.

Dr. Ojha has been honoured with the degree of VIDYA VACHASPATI by Vikramshila Hindi Vidyapeeth( Bhagalpur)and on 23rd March 2010   with CHAMPARAN VIBHUTI by the Government of Bihar.

Prof. ( Dr ) Rabindra Nath Ojha has been a very successful Organizer & Director too. Be it a literary programme or cultural or social  he has been successful in organizing all such programmes and even done compering too with all efficiency.He has been President or Chairman of various organizations such as "SAHITYA KALA SANGAM", "PRAGYA PAARIJAT".In sixties he  successfully produced,staged and directed many plays of Shakespear in the most backward district  Champaran of Backward State Bihar. An unimaginable achievement.

Very few people ,rather hardly anyone know that Dr.Ojha has been expert in the field of Music also . This view has been expressed by Dr. Adinath Upadhyaya of Varanasi, who is a great scholar of Music. Very few people are aware that Prof Ojha has been a very good player of Tennis & Football. Playing wonderful Tennis clad in Dhoti -Kurta is again, may be the only one example in the world.

Prof ( Dr.) Rabindra Nath Ojha , a great thinker, philosopher and messenger of Indian sanskar & sanskriti (Indian Culture) has been above all a very simple , sensitive ,down-to earth rustic, rooted to his soil, lover of nature, and pious human soul, devoid of any ego, any self interest - the only interest being to serve humanity , to give every thing for  the welfare of the people without any expectation of any return either in the form of of any prized post or any award or honour. That is why,may be, a multi-splendoured  unique & unprecedented personality remained out of the lens of media or column of Newspapers  which could not zoom in on him even when he breathed his last in May this year in Delhi itself.

His has been a dynamic personality, restless soul, always aspiring after something good & great. He has been always on the march,never resting, never stopping.Thoroughly disillusioned and disgusted with various organizations- political or religious he went into deep introspection and meditation. Intensive study of scriptures helped him in discovering himself anew. He found peace and harmony deep inside himself. He has been in constant touch with his inner self,determining his life's course in the light of the dictates and directions of his deeper self.


Subsequently he developed his own philosophy of life based on his own personal experiences and realizations. His views and visions ,feelings and realizations find free and full expressions in his speeches and writings . He has been humane to the core.Love and humanity - these two words have been two most valued words in his dictionary. Through the religion of love and humanity he has been able to achieve the supreme goal i.e. attainment of supreme bliss that is God-realization. All his thoughts ,words and actions  directed towards this very end.  

VIPRA BAHUDHA VADANTI is a small effort but a  rare book  bringing out multi-sided assessment of  this rare multi-dimensional personality.  

A  RARE PERSONALITY  UNHIGHLIGHTED.