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1966. Kavayo Vadanti. Calcutta: Mithila Darshan. 56 pp. (`Thus say the Poets': A collection of Poems in Maithili) (Hindi translation, 1982. Calcutta: Mithila Darshan. 78 pp.)

1968-70.(Ed.)Maithilii Kavitaa, a quarterly poetry magazine in Maithili (Volumes 1-8).

1971a. Naayakak naam jiivan.Calcutta : Akhil Bharatiya Mithila Sangh. 112
pp. (`The herois life' : A play in Maithili).

1971b. Amrtasyaputraah.Calcutta: Loka Sahitya Parishad.56 pp. (`The sons of the Immortal' : A collection of poems in Maithili).

1974a. Ek chal raajaa.  Calcutta:
Maithili Rangamancha.  72 pp.
(`There was a king' : A play in Maithili).

1974b. NaaTakak lel. Calcutta:
Mithila Darshan.iv+76 pp. (`For a play'
: A play in Maithili).

1976. Pratyaavartan.
Calcut­ta:
Mithila Darshan.59 pp. (`The return': A
play in Maithili).

1977a.Aandolan Calcut­ta: Mithila Darshan.45 pp. (`The movement' : A play in
Maithili).

1977b. Raamliilaa. Calcutta: Mithila
Darshan.48 pp. (`The Ramlila' : A play
in Maithili).

1978.Janak
aa anya ekaankii.Calcutta: Mithila Darshan.58 pp. (`Janak and other one-act plays':
collection of one-act plays in Maithili).

1981. AnuttaraN. Calcutta : Mithila
Darshan.44 pp. (`The failure': A
collection of poems in Maithili).

1983a. Diglossia inBangladesh and language planning.(Jointly Maniruzzaman).Calcutta
: Gyan Bharati.214pp.

1983b. Iishvarcandra
Vidyaasaagar.(Translated from
English into Maithili, from Hiranmay Banerji).New Delhi
: Sahitya Akademi.Makers of Indian
Literature Series.95pp.

1987a. Kabitaar bhaaSaa.(Jointlyed., with Anjan Sen) 148 pp.Calcutta: Gaangeya Patra.

1987b.UpanyaaserSaahityatattva. (Jointly ed. with
AnjanSen) Calcutta: Raktakarabi.

1987c. Perspectives in LanguagePlanning.(Jointly ed., with R.N.Srivastava) 186 pp.Calcutta
: Mithila Darshan. 2nd edn with introductory essay. Calcutta: Mithila Darshan.

1987d. A
BibliographyofBengaliLinguistics.Mysore :CIIL.xii+316 pp.

1988. Priyamvadaa. (A play in Maithili).
Vaidehi (Patna),
April . 281-304.

1990. Mith, Saahitya Sanskriti(edited with Anjan Sen). Calcutta: Granthalaya. (in Bengali).

1991. Upanyaser Sahityatattva (edited with Anjan Sen). Calcutta: Raktakarabi. xvi + 84 + 68 pp. (in Bengali)

1992 .LanguageDevelopment and Planning: A Pluralistic Para­digm. Shimla: IIAS and New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. x+116 pp.

1997a. Asru O Parihas (A collection of Bengali poems). Kolkata: Pritonia.

1997b. RaviindranaathakBaal-saahitya.(Translated from Rabindra­nath Tagore's Bengali original into Maithili). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 398 pp.

1998.  [Ed. & Tr.] AnukRiti:  A  translation  of Contemporary  Maithili  Poems into Bengali.  New  Delhi:  Sahitya Akademi. 75 pp.

2000. [Ed.] Papers in Applied Linguistics I:Festschrift in Honour of Professor O.N.Koul. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages.

2001a. [Ed.] Papers in Applied Linguistics II: Saptati Felicitation Volume for Professor D.P.Pattanayak. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages.

2001b. [Ed.] Culturation: Essays in Honour of Jawaharlal Handoo. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages.

2002c. [Ed. With N.H.Itagi and S.K.Singh] Linguistic Landscaping in India (with particular reference to
the New States: Proceedings of a Seminar). Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages. Pp xii+255.

2002d. Khaam-Kheyaali (A collection of rhymes in Bengali). Kolkata: Ebang Mushaera.

2003. [Tr.] Maithili Sahityer Itihas. (Translated from Jayakanta Mishra’s Maithilii Saahityak Itihaas). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.

2004. [Ed. With N.H.Itagi and S.K.Singh] Language, Society and Culture (ZICR: Visitations to ZIth Century Realities: Part Proceedings of a Seminar). Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages. Pp xii+209.

2005.Madhyampurush Ekvachan. (A collection of poems in Maithili). Delhi: Vani Prakashan.

2006a. India Writes: A Story of Multilingual and Pluricultural Society. New Delhi: National Book Trust. 154 pp. Frankfurt Book Fair, Guest of Honor Publication.

2006b. Second Person Singular [Translated from Maithili]. New Delhi: Katha.

2007. [Ed.] Focus: Maithili Literature. In Hyderabad: Muse India, Vol. 12; March-April.

2008a. ’Munnilai Orumai’ Tamil tr. of Second Person Singular [Translated by C. Mani]. Chennai: Adeyalam.

2008b. Priyamvada aa anya Ekaankii (Collection of One-act plays). Patna: Maithili Academy.

2008c. No Entry: Maa Pravisha (Full-length play), E-published in www.videha.com and later by Delhi: Shruti Publications.

2009. Zwite Person Zingular (German translation of Madhyampurush Ekvachan). Heidelberg: Draupadi Verlag.

2010a. Translation as Growth. Pearson/Longman.

2010b. Bhashar Sahitya: Sahityer Bhasha. Kolkata: Anushtup.

2010c. [Ed. Jtly with Anjan Sen] Upanyaser sahityatattva. Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad.

2011a. [Ed. & Comp. with Leslie Farrell & Ram Giri]. English Language Education in South Asia: From Policy to Pedagogy.
Cambridge University Press.

2011b. Esecho eso raat. [A collection of Bangla rhymes]. Kolkata: Sahaj Path.

2011c. Bhut-Chaturdashii [A collection of Bangla rhymes]. Kolkata: Gandharbha.

2011d. [Ed. & Comp. with Suchita Singh & Chandan Hazra].Longman-CIIL Basic English-English-Bengali
Dictionary. New Delhi: Pearson Education.

2011e. [Ed. & Comp. with B.R.Pal & S.K.Singh].Longman-CIIL Basic English-English-Hindi Dictionary. New Delhi: Pearson Education.

2011f. [Ed.] Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941: A Commemorative Volume. Ministry of External Affairs,
Govt of India.

2012a. [Ed. & Comp. with Pradhan Gurudatt & S.S.Yadurajan].Longman-CIIL Basic English-English-Kannada Dictionary. New Delhi: Pearson Education.

2012b. [Ed. & Comp. with Basanta Panda & B.N.Patnaik].Longman-CIIL Basic English-English-Oriya Dictionary. New Delhi: Pearson Education.

2012c. [Ed. & Comp. with V.S.Nair & Sadashivan].Longman-CIIL Basic English-English-Malayalam Dictionary. New Delhi: Pearson Education.

2012d [Ed. & Comp. with Sam Mohanlal, L.Ramamoorthy & Vimala].Longman-CIIL Basic English-English-Tamil Dictionary. New Delhi: Pearson Education.

In Press 2012e. Bhut-Chaturdashi (A collection of Ghost-Stories in Bangla). Karigar, Kolkata

Forthcoming 2012f. Agency of Language (A collection ofessays on language, society and literature).