Witch in the Peepul Tree

It is Makar Sankranti1950 when sixteen-year-old Sanaz's body is discovered in her father Dada Bhai's house in Bohrawadi Udaipur.A few of those in and around the house that day are the cruel zamindar Rao sahib of Singhgarh the devout degenerate Hariharan the young Bhil Nathu visiting from a remote tribal village to inform Dada Bhai of a leopard kill the attractive night soil worker Parijat and the acerbic widow Sugra who rolls a rosary and wishes for the jeevti dakkan-the living witch in the peepul tree-to be her secret ally.