In lieu of gold. (short story)

From: The Literary Review | Date: September 22, 1995| Author: Majid, Nighat | Copyright information

Soon after Sultan's wife appeared in the nim tree, he decided to plant trees throughout Aurangi town number 9. There were fruit trees all around the little courtyard of their one-room house. But now he decided he'd shade every single alley in his mohalla with a nim. He had two papaya trees, a guava, a custard apple, and a jackfruit tree. Only the nim near the front gate of their house bore no edible fruit. In its green shade, Amira begum had sat in the afternoons and picked over rice ...

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