Hala, Reva's father and Roha, her mother, lived a simple life as farmers of the vaishya class in Nepal, India (Hughes 48). Everyday Hala woke up early and worked on his farm. He was very proud of his small plot of land and modest house. He was also very pleased with his young wife. Hala was eighteen years her elder, but Roha was his choice and came with a respectable dowry (Hughes 48). The couple had been desperately trying to have a male child to carry on the family name, unfortunately the only results were four miscarriages. But finally, Roha was with child and the couple prayed to Brahma, the creator,

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Reluctant and scared, Roha began to prepare a tub of milk to drown her infant in ("Society and Culture"). For those five days, she tried to convince herself to perform her

It was a rainy and dark morning when Jains prepared to work on his farm. Reva moved about the house softly, so not to wake her mother and father-in-law, while she did her morning tasks. Jains told Reva of all the jobs she must have completed before the day was done and then vanished into the fog and rain of the morning. The day went

Reva was abruptly woken from a restless sleep by much commotion around the small house. It was now early dawn and Jains still hadn't returned from his chores of yesterday. A small group of servants of the upper varnas class walked nervously up to Reva and began to explain their gruesome discovery (Hughes 48). The servants were traveling up a dirt road to collect supplies for their master when they found a body on the side of the road. Recognizing Jains' badly beaten, crumpled body, they rushed over to inform his wife and family. Jains had apparently been robbed and left to die during the night. Whimpers from Reva's mother and father-in-law could be heard in the background. Reva felt her heart pounding hard in her chest, her mouth went dry, and the world around her went black.

...Reva gathered her package of food and slowly walked out of the temple. She gently brushed the tears away from her dampened cheeks. The previous night all Reva could think of was how she never provided an heir for her husband, and what a disgrace this must be to his family. On her way down the rocky terrain, she continued to pray to Shiva, in high hopes of being reborn into the world as a respectable creature.

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