Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi (The peasants on the banks of river Balan and Pallavi) is a short story collection, written by Dr Binod Bihari Verma, on the village life of Mithila on the banks of the Kosi River and its tributaries.

This short story collection has fourteen short stories centering on the village society of Mithila.

Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi means the tiller by the river and Pallavi, a common feminine name neing a metaphor for the agricultural produce of the farmer.

His stories focus on human values and are full of tenderness and pathos.Most of the short stories have certain similar central characters, these are:

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