Shashank Gupta
Farmer and author
The writer was a farmer in 1980s and 1990s in the Terai region after his master’s in horticulture, and the author of ‘Pimp’.
By Shashank Gupta
Like fire eats fire, does one crime negate the other? Is dishonesty nothing but business management?
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The most villainous character can also be the wisest for he has seen both sides of the coin.
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Quite like out of a fantasy novel two rival armies fight with the only weapon they have: fire.
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The story of a farmhand who could have been making news had he not been in hiding all his life.
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For those who detest their jobs here may be a strange way of being happy despite the torture.
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A young farmer wants to earn the respect of his father and will go to any extent, including trickery.
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Not in the arms of a lover, your dream-sleep has contenders only on the farm.
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What qualified doctors in the village practice can hardly be called medicine, it is more like witchcraft.
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When you are in your mid-twenties and your loneliness is the deepest of the darkest, you run away from home for a purpose
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In loneliness and solitude on the farm lives a silence that may be peaceful or sinister depending on who you are.
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