Hurried Trip to Avoid a Bad Star - Summary | The Heritage of Words

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Unit Two : Ecology and Change
Hurried Trip to Avoid a Bad Star
M. Lilla and C. Bishop Berry
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American geographers M. Lilla and C. Bishop Barry in their essay Hurried trip to avoid a Bad Star present an exploration of Karnali zone of western Nepal on foot for 15 months. This essay was published as a visit report in The National Geographic as Karnali, The road less World of Western Nepal in 1971. The writers in this essay describe the life account of Karnali zone people, their daily life, their tradition and culture, their lack of awareness about environmental preservation and Karnali zone’s economic dependency with the plain region of south Nepal.

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Questions for Practice :

1. Write a paragraph or two to show how Karnali is linked economically with the lowland regions to the south.
2. What does the skeletal looking sal trees indicate about the exploitation of nature ?
3. What does the reply "What can we do? The animals must eat today" Signify ?
4. Give s short account of the life of the people of Karnali.

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