A Dove from the Hillock (Short Stories)

A deep thick forest … an abode to the Chenchu tribe besidesa variety of animals and birds …it's now vanished. In its place has sprung a concrete jungle. Even the lake near the hillock with crystal clear sweet waters, polluted and choked by water hyacinth, has also vanished. Who is responsible for this environmental disaster? The Chenchu tribe wrapped in its age-old sentiment and superstition leading a peaceful contented life in the midst of the forest … brewing liquor from the mahua flowers … dancing away rhythmically to the beat of the drums … living in freedom like birds in the sky – is now scattered reduced to a life of slavery. Who entered as termites to eat into their life? Who scattered these children from their mother forest orphaning them? What were the consequences of discovering the ruins of ancient Mannugonda fort and the temple on the hillock? A Dove from the Hillock is a beautiful novel woven around the lives of endangered Chenchu tribe living in Nallamala forest and its struggle and resistance to rehabilitation to a new way of life, and the exploitation by the supposedly civilized people.