When A Language Loses Its House: The Maithili Akademi’s Unsettling Silence

The Maithili Akademi in Patna, a vital institution for the Maithili language, was locked in 2025, symbolising abandonment after years of neglect.

Source : Special Arrangement

A Locked Door In Saidpur In the winter of 2025, as frost lay deep across the paddy fields of Mithila and classrooms shuttered in the cold wind, another institution, less visible than schools yet foundational to Maithili’s intellectual life, fell silent. In Patna’s Saidpur area, the Maithili Akademi was locked. No clerks sorting manuscripts, no scholars scanning catalogues, no writers waiting for editorial responses. Just closed doors, dust settling on old files, and a silence that