Fruits of the Barren Tree - Lekhnath Chhetri Entrepreneurship Shortlisted for the Center for

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

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Fruits of the Barren Tree - Lekhnath Chhetri Entrepreneurship Shortlisted for the Center forProduct Description Darjeeling, late 1980s. The demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland has taken a violent turn. The Green Party is at war with the Red Party and with the state's security forces. Murder, loot, terror and arson beset the Himalayan foothills. Fruits of the Barren Tree is a story of that time, and of Relling, a small village near Darjeeling. In Relling there's Basnet, the village shaman, and his wife; there's Jhuppay, their son