TOD

TOD

SWATI CHANDORKAR

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Editorial:
Repro India Limited
Año de edición:
2022
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789392482205
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AS CUSTOMARY, SHIVA LEAVES FOR SUGARCANE CUTTING JOB, WHICH IS SEASONAL. NEVERTHELESS, HE DOES NOT RETURN HOME AS ALWAYS. STUNG BY A POISONOUS SNAKE, SHIVA DIES IN THE FIELD LEAVING HIS PARENTS DAGADU AND KALSUBAI, WIFE BHIKU AND THREE CHILDREN, THE DAUGHTER IS AN INFANT. HIS PARENTS START CURSING THE GIRL SAYING THAT IT WAS HER EVIL-DOING THAT HE DIED. COMPELLED TO RUN THE FAMILY, BHIKU STEPS IN HIS SHOES. SHE CARRIES HER INFANT DAUGHTER WITH HER TO KHURDAWADI WHERE SHE MEETS BHUMI WHO KNOWS SHIVA AND DAGADU. BHUMI NOTICES DAGADU`S HATRED TOWARD THE INFANT AND DECIDES TO LOOK AFTER HER. SHE NAMES THE CHILD GAURI. A LEARNED WOMAN, BHUMI RUNS A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF SUGAR-CANE CUTTERS. THOSE LABORERS RESPECT HER. WHEN THE SEASON GETS OVER, DAGADU ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO TAKE GAURI HOME. FINALLY, IT IS DECIDED THAT BHUMI WILL TAKE CARE OF HER. AFTER RETURNING TO HER NATIVE PLACE, IT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE FOR BHIKU TO SURVIVE WITHOUT HER DAUGHTER. SHE BECOMES AGGRESSIVE AND WARNS HER IN-LAWS THAT SHE WOULD BRING HER DAUGHTER BACK. BY NOW, BHUMI HAS DEVELOPED MOTHERLY LOVE FOR GAURI. SHE IS WORRIED THAT THE NEXT SEASON, BHIKU WILL COME AND DEMAND HER DAUGHTER BACK. WILL SHE BE ABLE TO RETURN THE CHILD TO HER MOTHER? `TOD` IS AN EMOTIONAL STORY REVEALED BASED ON THE LIFE OF SUGAR CANE CUTTERS.

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