(vi) Discuss briefly the title "Love Across the Salt Desert".
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The story bears its title not only because of the fact that sole and main avenue of the entire dramatic action is the Thar or Kuchh desert, known for its salt lagoon, but also for other reasons like its being the hottest desert in the subcontinent and as such not so easy to cross unaided, its being devoid of water ...
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The title Love Across the Salt Desert' is at. The main two characters of this story Najab and Fatimah live in different countries. The Rann of Kutch is spread between their villages which is called salt Desert. Fatimah was a beautiful girl with her bright eyes. She was under pressure to get engaged to someone in the village. She did not like this boy. Mahfuj Ali. He was related to her from her mother's family. Her parents wanted to marry her with Mahfuj Ali. She was taken by Najab. a quiet, pleasant young man so ready with his smiles. But she could hardly elicit a word out of him Later they began to like each other. Najab made illegal trips across the border with his father. Once they stayed at Fatima's father Kaley Shah. In the evening be flung his arms around her in a reckless dizzy moment. Najab promised to come back. One day escaping and bearing a lot of troubles crossing the Salt Desert came back and brought his love Fatimah with him to his village in his country across the border