Indigenous Tharu fable gets new life in Nepal's ‘Budhani‘

Indigenous Tharu fable gets new life in Nepal's ‘Budhani‘

The novel follows a crow who is reborn as a girl in a world dominated by menOriginally published on Global VoicesIndu Tharu, an author, artist and activist, is a reader of her newly published book ‘Budhani’. Photo from Indu's Facebook page. Used with permission. “Budhani,” a Nepali novel based on an Indigenous Tharu fable, tells the story of a crow and a girl. In her life as a crow, “Budhani” faces injustice; however, reborn as a girl, she fight…