Making the Tenor
From the Blog odysseuslahoriThe sun has just dipped beneath the dunes, setting the western horizon ablaze. Overhead, a copper-toned waxing moon hangs against the first stars of night. The sand, already beginning to cool, tempers the desert air soughing through the branches of the *kundi* tree where four or five owlets engage in a nattering argument. The day done for him, Allah Vasaya leans back against the bolster on his charpoy under the *kundi*. Ready bells of the three different sizes and tenors From the direction of the *toba* – the pond that slakes man and beast alike – he hears the clangour of livestock bells and he recognises the deep, resonant *bhoongan* sound of the one his prized bull wears. The animals are drinking for the night and soon the bull will lead the rest of Allah Vasaya's livestock hopakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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