Desert Queen

As a young boy, Harish hears and feels the music of the Thar Desert, all around him:

“When the khamaicha thrums
and the dholak drums
and the boy's feet tap
and his fingers sway ...
it is softly ... softly, so no one sees.”

Harish knows the line between what men and women should want, and he keeps it in sight.

But when Harish's family suffers loss, he finds himself in charge of two sisters, in charge of making money. And so he begins to dance publicly, in the bright colors and kohl rimmed eyes of ...