Daksha the Medicine Girl

By Gita V.Reddy

Daksha lives in a hamlet on the Himalayas. An orphan, she learns native medicine by assisting a vaidya. A chance encounter brings her to the notice of people who move her to town and admit her to a school.
Daksha is unhappy there and wants to return to her hamlet – until a resourceful doctor helps her adjust to her new life.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Gita V.Reddy
• Release date: Jan 31, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310847943

Gita V.Reddy

Gita V.Reddy is a writer of fiction for children and adults. She enjoys thinking up tales of different genres. She has written mysteries, adventure, fantasy, science fiction, and even an animal tale for children.Ms Reddy was born in India, is a post graduate in Mathematics, worked in a bank for twenty-six years, is married to a physics professor, has a son doing research in neuro-electronics, and loves literature. Yes, her life is as mixed up as the multiple genres she writes.She enjoys painting and spending time with her family, and LOVES walking in the rain.

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Daksha, the Medicine Girl

Gita V. Reddy

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Print Edition ISBN: 9781521307465

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For my dear friend,

Devika Varadarajan,

With love.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A Girl in the Mountains

Chapter 2: The Winter Months

Chapter 3: Two Injured Men

Chapter 4: No Help

Chapter 5: The Medicine Girl

Chapter 6: A Strange Letter

Chapter 7: Leaving Home

Chapter 8: Unhappy

Chapter 9: A Doctor’s Cure

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Chapter 1: A Girl in the Mountains

It was a clear day, without any mist, and a pale sun shone in the sky. The ice-covered mountains glowed with a quiet light. Daksha stood watching Panditji, the vaidya, go slowly down the mountain on his mule. She watched until he was a speck in the white landscape.

(Vaidya: an ayurvedic doctor; Ayurveda: Traditional medicine, native to India).

Daksha’s hamlet was high up in the Himalayas. It was surrounded by mountains that remained ice-clad all through the year. The nearest village was a good two-day mule ride away. During the winter months, the route was frequently impassable. Three or four days of heavy snowfall were enough to block the narrow path and cut the hamlet from the rest of the world.

Daksha breathed in the mountain air. There was a whiff of fresh chill in the air and the sky was changing color to the north. It would snow within the next two days.