Maithili, a victim of dire neglect in Patna University: it’s a shame! Patna: it is a sad reflection on the self regard of the Bihari when we end up treating our own languages shabbily in the state. According to a Patna English daily, the Maithili department at Patna University suffers from what seems a shocking and wanton neglect for the resources and the infrastructure provided by the authorities. It seems that when the Maithili department at the university received its first computer only a few days ago, it came from a voluntary organization – the Takshila Educational Society –...