Abeer AtharAi Summary

In some ways, Jiyalal, once a farmer dependent on the vagaries of the monsoon, is a much-relieved man. Hailing from Mahua village in Uttar Pradesh, he has left his fields behind for the city. “A land that gives home but no food is worse than one that gives food but no home,” he says. After leaving home, Jiyalal migrated to the national capital with little in his pocket and the hope of finding work that could meet his family’s needs, something he could no longer manage through farming.