Footprints Without Feet: Bholi

Radha

Mangla

Sulekha

Champa

The village doctor

The Naib Tehsildar

The headmaster

The local priest

A severe burn

Smallpox

Chickenpox

An accidental fall

Two years old

Three years old

Five years old

Seven years old

Bholi's uncle

Bholi's prospective bridegroom

The village school teacher

A wealthy landlord

Because Ramlal was poor

Because Bholi had pockmarks on her face

Because Bholi was dumb

Because of social pressure

She started crying bitterly

She silently agreed to pay

She threw the garland into the fire and refused to marry him

She ran away from the mandap

Her father's strict discipline

Her teacher's affection and encouragement

Her mother's constant care

Her sister Radha's wedding

To leave the village forever

To serve her parents and teach in the same school

To start a business in the city

To live alone as a hermit

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Because she did not like studying

Because she had neither good looks nor intelligence

Because she was very stubborn

Because she refused to leave the house

She suffered a high fever

She fell off the cot on her head

She was frightened by a loud noise

She choked on something

To donate money for the school

To send his daughters to school

To build a new road in the village

To plant trees around the village

In a simple cotton saree

In her old torn clothes

In a red silken bridal dress

In a yellow embroidered suit

Ruskin Bond

R. K. Narayan

K. A. Abbas

H. G. Wells