Two Seminal Poems, Malalacharitam and Sayajigauravm Mahakavyam of Rabindra Kumar Panda

Abstract

Malalacharitam is a biographical poem written on Malala Yousufzai, a Pakistani activist passionately working for the Girls’ education.  This is   written for children in Sanskrit. The language of this Charitakavya is simple and lucid. The poet   has described that why she is called Malala.  The poet writes about her childhood, her family and friends as well as her teachers. The torturing of Taliban is very nicely described. The poet also describes about the problems of women in Pakistan, the attack of Taliban to kill her and her survival and how Malala is working for the cause of education with courage. She is honoured with the Nobel prize and many other awards. There are also beautiful pictures of Malala in the poem which add additional beauty to the book. Dr. Sweta Prajapati has contributed Upodghata in Hindi describing entire life and struggle of Malala.  The charitakavya is writen in very easy language.So it’s useful for those who start to learn Sanskrit.