Mountains painted with turmeric

By:

Chettri, Lil Bahadur

Contributor(s):

Hutt, Michael J. (Translator)

Publication details: Columbia University Press, 2008. New York:Description: xxi, 123 p.; hb; 18 cmISBN:

9780231143561

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

891.4953 CHE

Summary: Tale of a young Nepali peasant farmer's run of bad luck. Dhan Dhan? Bahadur Basnet, 25, strives to support himself; his wife, Maina; a small son; and his teenage sister, Jhumavati, and buys a buffalo on interest from a moneylender to help plant his family plot. But the buffalo's calf dies, then the buffalo rampages a neighboring field, leaving Dhan? responsible for damages. To pay off the debt, Dhan? agrees to work another farmer's fields and offers his home and land as security.

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Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	891.4953 CHE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		029215

Tale of a young Nepali peasant farmer's run of bad luck. Dhan Dhan? Bahadur Basnet, 25, strives to support himself; his wife, Maina; a small son; and his teenage sister, Jhumavati, and buys a buffalo on interest from a moneylender to help plant his family plot. But the buffalo's calf dies, then the buffalo rampages a neighboring field, leaving Dhan? responsible for damages. To pay off the debt, Dhan? agrees to work another farmer's fields and offers his home and land as security.

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