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| author = [[Phanishwar Nath Renu]]<br />
| title_orig = {{lang|hi|मैला आँचल}}<br />(''The Soiled Border'')<br />
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'''''Maila Aanchal''''' ({{lang-hi|मैला आँचल}}; {{lang-en|The Soiled Border}}) is a 1954 [[Hindi]] novel written by [[Phanishwar Nath Renu]].<ref name="Delhi2005">{{cite book|author=University of Delhi|title=Indian Literature: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mivv3p-msd8C&pg=PA194|date= 2005|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-0520-9|pages=194–}}</ref><ref>[http://www.kalpana.it/eng/writer/indian_writers/phanishwarnath_renu.htm Phanishwar Nath Renu]</ref> After [[Premchand]]'s [[Godaan|Godan]], 'Maila Anchal' is regarded as the most significant Hindi novel in the [[Hindi literature]] tradition.<ref name="Awasthi">{{cite book|author=Rajendra Awasthi|title=Selected Hindi Short Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5eDOG5kn04C&pg=PA195|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-288-0287-4|pages=195–}}</ref><ref>[http://www.seasonsindia.com/art_culture/lit_hindi_sea.htm#renu renu at seasoninindia]</ref> It is one of the greatest examples of "Anchalik Upanyas" (regional novel) in Hindi.<br />
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==Significance==<br />
It was the writer's first novel and immediately established him as a serious writer in Hindi literature. It radically shifted the prevalent narrative styles in Hindi novels and changed the structure of Hindi novels. It has contributed towards the study of Hindi as a language and also constitutes the major curriculum of Hindi course.<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/literature/phanishwar-nath-renu.html Phanishwar Nath Renu]</ref><br />
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Phanishwar Nath Renu was subsequently awarded one of India's fourth highest civilian honours, the [[Padma Shri]].<br />
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==Contents==<br />
This [[social novel]] details the trials and tribulations of a small group of people in a remote village of North-east [[Bihar]] during the [[Quit India Movement]]. It also has the reference of a young doctor (dagdar babu) who took care of the masses at that time, which was inspired by Dr. Alakh Niranjan, the first MBBS doctor in the locality.<ref>[http://viveksharmaiitd.blogspot.com/2007/03/maila-anchal-by-phanishwar-nath-renu.html Maila Aanchal Literary Review]</ref><br />
It is a regional novel in true sense as local colour is reflected in it by means of dialect, life style, superstitions and beliefs, festivals and culture of the rural people. The characters are fit to the region and they are guided by the regional characteristics . The region becomes to be a living character and plays a great role in leading the characters to the catastrophe .<br />
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== Adaptation ==<br />
''Maila Aanchal'', a television adaptation of the novel aired on [[DD National]], the Indian national public broadcaster, during the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 30, 2020|title=Original copy of "Maila Aanchal" authored by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' stolen|url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/east/crime-bihar-literature/2182921.html|website=[[United News of India]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web | title = ''Maila Anchal '' in translation| url = http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/01glossaries/smith/index.html# }}<br />
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[[Category:Hindi-language novels]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Mithila]]<br />
[[Category:Books on Mithila Region]]<br />
[[Category:1954 novels]]<br />
[[Category:1954 Indian novels]]</div>->Keith D