Friday, Saturday, Sunday     CD   MP3

In the first of four portraits of daily life in Jitvapur, we attend a village festival; meet Divas and Chandai and eat fried pumpkin blossoms for breakfast; find out why the village road is named after Ramji Jha's father Gharibdas Bhatt; and meet three ladies of the Night who paint tattoos on their customers.

1. Interview between Julian Crandall Hollick & Margot Stage (WGBH, Boston)
2. Introduction to Jitvapur

3. Friday Morning

4. The Festival of Sama Chakewa

5. Saturday morning, 5 AM in the mango grove

6. Binda Devi washes

7. Eating fried pumpkin leaves with Divas and Chandai

8. Vijay the Pandit

9. Bibekanda Jha's sawmill

10. The Tattoo ladies

11. Sunday, 6 AM near the Cobbler's Quarters

12. Ramji Jha: Freedom Fighter

13. Madhubani on a Sunday evening

14. Program Credits