Bari - Ranjeet Desai - Bog

THE` BARRE` TRIBE HAD TRADITIONALLY LIVED IN THICK AND BEAUTIFUL JUNGLES. THEY RESORTED TO DACOIT AND THEFT IN NEARBY LOCALITIES FOR THEIR LIVING. THEY HARDLY EVER DREAMT OF STABLE LIFE. THE SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGES AROUND AND FALLING OF FORESTS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THEIR LIFE STYLE AND INTRODUCED THEM TO NEW WAYS AND VALUES. `BARE' RECOUNTS ALL THIS IN FORM OF A NOVEL. THE PICTURESQUE ENVIRONS, THE RUGGED LIFE-STYLE, THE PETTY FEUDS AND PLEASURES, THE NEW CHANGES ETC. HAVE BEEN POWERFULLY AND REALISTICALLY PRESENTED WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO PASS ANY VALUE JUDGMENTS.