A Brahmin by origin Harihar falls in love with Tulki, a Dalit girl. Tulki becomes pregnant on the due course. News spread like a rapid fire. To save the image of Brahmin family, Harihar is sent to Benaras. The lovebird returns from middle of serial again. Tulki suicidal attempt goes in vain. Harihar feels guilty about the whole thing and they are together again. When Harihar decides to take responsibility of Tulki, a village-meeting (Kachahari) takes place which decides to expel the Harihar and Tulki, cut their hair half and a pig tied to them.Harihar faces the downward mobility and turns into Damai, a low caste in the hierarchy. To cope with the hand to mouth problem, he reaches western Baglung-Parvat. A child is born to them. Dhambare Damai gives space to them when he finds them of the same caste. When difficulty arises in the child naming ceremony Dhambere comes to help economically. Harihar along with Tulki start their life as a bonded laborer to return the borrowed money. He builds a small hut and turns into a Haliya. Both of them die passing a difficult life.Their son Juthe is troubled with life when his parents died. He moves ahead tackling the problems. He marries and had many children. Most of his sons died and daughters wereused as a sex labor in the red light area of Mumbai, India. Juthe starts working in Bistas (landlords) house. He dies from falling through a hill while carrying goods. His wife Kali and son Mane faces with the burden of life. After the death of Kali, son Mane finds his uncle Ramji Nepali as a help. He comes to Kathmandu for higher studies. He changes his name to Manav from Mane. He progresses in the city. He rents a room without letting anyone know about his caste and falls in love with a non dalit girl. At the end, he opens up himself as Dalit. There is a change in his psychology with the political change in the country. Feeling guilty for lying about his caste, he returns to village shouldering responsibility of saving his identity, his communal identity. Read More…
Posted by: baraily | May 7, 2008
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