Khattar Kaka ke Tarang is a collection of short stories written by Late Professor Hari Mohan Jha. These stories were originally published in Maithili

Maithili language

Maithili language is spoken in the eastern region of India and South-eastern region of Nepal. The native speakers of Maithili reside in Bihar, Jharkhand,parts of West Bengal and South-east Nepal...

periodical called Mithila Mihir. Later, the stories were compiled into a book and published as Khattar Kaka Ke Tarang.

Social Impact

The stories published in this book caused hue and cry from various section of people of Mithila region. The stories are basically satire on ignorance of people about the actual principle of religion, religious text and religious practices.Thestories were written when the brahmin domination was putting the culture and living of mithila in completely bad shape and its major aim was to counter that.