Father May Be An Elephant...

A young girl is sent away to school to save her from being declared the sexual property of the village''s upper-caste men. The village water tank laments to a passing child. A Brahmin boy is considered ''polluted'' by the touch of a Dalit girl – the same action that saved his life.Rendered with idiomatic vitality, humour and lightness, these stories revel in rural childhood without nostalgia or ro...