His Share of Sky

Ten-year-old Barsau lives in poverty but is far from being poor. He does not go to a fancy school but learns the best from nature. His domain is not wide yet the whole earth is his as he revels in his own adventures under his share of the blue sky above his contented head and the earth under his joyous feet. Unusual and deeply moving this collection of short stories set in a Bodo village on the banks of the river Jwima in Assam is woven around the carefree life of a little tribal Bodo boy. Every child will relate to the witty and smart Barsau. Although he lives in a rural setting in the north-east of India his charm and sense of mischief are universal and timeless.