Dweepa: Island

by Na D'Souza

To one side of the village, Hosamanehalli, flowed the Sharavathi. On the other was Sita Parvatha. This was no mountain despite its name; it was a hillock. Its back was lush with forestlands but its head was bald. During the times of the Ramayana, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana had crossed the Sharavathi and rested in a cave on top of this hill. Now, sprawled at its foot were five families, three areca plantations and three rice fields. Of the five families,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198097441
• ISBN13: 9780198097440
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.1"