Bindu Bhatt


Bindu Bhat is a Gujarati language novelist, storywriter, critic and translator from Gujarat, India. Her novel Akhepatar received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2003. Her other significant works includes Mira Yagnikni Dayari and Bandhani.

Early life

Bindu Bhatt was born on 18 September 1954 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan to Giradharlal and Kamalabahen. Her family later migrated to Limbadi and then Ahmedabad. After completing her schooling from B.A Kanya Vidyalay, Limbadi, she got her Bachelor of Arts in 1976 from H.K Arts College, Ahmedabad and Master of Arts in 1978 from School of Language, Gujarat University with Hindi literature as one of her subjects. She obtained her Ph.D. degree under Bholabhai Patel from the same university in 1983 for her research work Aadhunik Hindi Upanyas: Kathya Aur Shilp Ke Naye Aayam. In 1991, she married to Harshad Trivedi, a Gujarati author and poet.

Career

She started her career as a lecturer and subsequently started to write in Gujarati and Hindi language. She taught Hindi Literature at M.P Shah Arts and Science College, Surendranagar for six years. She joined Uma Arts And Nathiba Commerce Mahila College, Gandhinagar in 1991 and still working there as an Associate professor and head of its Department of Hindi.

Works

Her first novel, Mira Yagnikni Dayari, was published in 1992 which is related to the lesbian relationship between two women. It is also translated in Sindhi and the translation is awarded by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Her second novel, Akhepatar, was published in which have been translated in several languages including Hindi, Sindhi, Marathi, Kachcchhi, Rajasthani and English. Translated in English by Vinod Meghani. Bindu Bhatt debuted in short story genre with her book Bandhani. She also translated several works into Hindi from Gujarati including Harivallabh Bhayani's Aapabransh Vyakaran, Dhiruben Patel's Andhali Gali and Jayant Gadit's Satya. She has also gave translation from Hindi to Gujarati including Fanishwarnath Renu, Dadu Dayal and Bija Na Pag.

Criticism

Her Novel Mira Yagnik Ni Dayari was awarded Goverdhanram Tripathi Award. Her second novel Akhepatar won The Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2003 and also awarded by Priyakant Parikh Prize instituted by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1999. She is also the recipient of Justice Sharda Charan Mishra Bhasha Setu Samman instituted by Bhasha Setu, Kolkata.