Nalin Vilochan Sharma
Indian poet
Nalin Vilochan Sarma (18 February 1916 – 12 September 1961) was a professor of Hindi Literature in University of Patna. He started the Nakenwad movement in Hindi literature. He was the son of Ram Avatar Sharma, a Sanskrit scholar.
Early life
Nalin Vilochan Sarma, or Nalin Vilochan Sarma, was born in Patna on 18 February 1916. He was the fourth child and eldest son of his father, Ramavtar Sarma. From an early age, Nalin's father taught him such Sanskrit classics as the Amarkosh, Kalidas's Meghdoot and Suryashatakam. Ramavtar Sarma always maintained that filling a child's mind with as much knowledge as possible would sustain him through his adult life and all he would have to do then would be to pick the words out as he wanted and use them when he or she liked. Ramavtar died when his son was just twelve- or thirteen-years-old, leaving his eldest sister, Indumati as his closest guardian and guide. He married Punjabi painter Kumud Sarma who survived him and had one son with her.
Career
Sarma joined Patna University as a lecturer in the Hindi department – same department his father had helped build.
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