Gaabh - Cattle Pregnancy

Dadu,ayoungman,livingwithhisoldgrandmotherbringsabuffaloasperhisGrandmother'sdemands.Beingunmarriedandinhismid-thirties,DaduisaconstantvictimofhisGrandmother'staunts.Dadulooksdownonhisfatherwhohasdiedofsuicide;andbelievesthathisfatheristhecauseforhimnotbeingabletocompletehiseducation.Heisincompletedenialaboutthefactthatheisthereasonforhisfather'sdeath.Onefinedayhisnewlyboughtbuffalosuddenlygestatesandhehesitatesingettingthebuffalomated,whichleadstohisgrandmothertauntinghimfurther,sayinghewantstoremainunmarriedandchoosestodothesamewiththebuffalobydenyingitamate.TiredofhisGrandmother'sranting,Dadusetsouttolookforamateforhisbuffalo.Butitprovestobedifficult,asmalecalvesaresoldtothebutcherassoonastheyareborn.Finallyhereachesavillagewhichhousesamalebuffalo.Upongoingthere,hewitnessesmarriagepreparation,butthegroomreturningemptyhanded.Uponenquiringhecomestoknowthatthegirlsupposedtogetmarriedhasranawaywiththemalebuffalo.Hethentakesuptheresponsibilityoflookingforthemandbringingthemhome.Thisisthejourneyofaboywhodiscovershimselfwhileonthelookoutforthebuffalo.Astoryofrelations,animalsandhumanity;thisstoryofrawanimalisticnature,andtherootsofVillageLifeis'Gaabh'Dadu,ayoungman,livingwithhisoldgrandmotherbringsabuffaloasperhisGrandmother'sdemands.Beingunmarriedandinhismid-thirties,DaduisaconstantvictimofhisGrandmother'staunts.Dadulooksdownonhisfatherwhohasdiedofsuicide;andbelievesthathisfatheristhecauseforhimnotbeingabletocompletehiseducation.Heisincompletedenialaboutthefactthatheisthereasonforhisfather'sdeath.Onefinedayhisnewlyboughtbuffalosuddenlygestatesandhehesitatesingettingthebuffalomated,whichleadstohisgrandmothertauntinghimfurther,sayinghewantstoremainunmarriedandchoosestodothesamewiththebuffalobydenyingitamate.TiredofhisGrandmother'sranting,Dadusetsouttolookforamateforhisbuffalo.Butitprovestobedifficult,asmalecalvesaresoldtothebutcherassoonastheyareborn.Finallyhereachesavillagewhichhousesamalebuffalo.Upongoingthere,hewitnessesmarriagepreparation,butthegroomreturningemptyhanded.Uponenquiringhecomestoknowthatthegirlsupposedtogetmarriedhasranawaywiththemalebuffalo.Hethentakesuptheresponsibilityoflookingforthemandbringingthemhome.Thisisthejourneyofaboywhodiscovershimselfwhileonthelookoutforthebuffalo.Astoryofrelations,animalsandhumanity;thisstoryofrawanimalisticnature,andtherootsofVillageLifeis'Gaabh'