The several nomadic tribes that existed in India were labeled ‘criminal tribe’s by the British Government, and were incarcerated in specially created settlement, called the ‘chorbasti’’, supervised by missionaries appointed by the British. The ‘chorbastiwalllahs’ lived a sub-human existence, at the mercy of the elements, the British the missionaries, and the indifferent outside world. Aaba, the protagonist of ‘The Victim’, is spirited away from ...
Her Story, Our Story and On the Swing: Short Stories and a Novella