Haladhar

Overview

The tale is set in a village in Assam. It is the fallow season and the village is preparing for its annual Bhaona performance. Balaram , a farmer, has got two large pieces of wood from the forest to make ploughs, one of which he has promised to his brother in law. Maghi Mahajan, the rich man of the village, appears and asks for one of the two logs. Balaram refuses.