Songs of Freedom · Novel for young readers
Rebellion in Ranchi
The Story of a Tribal Revolt in Jharkhand, India
Ranchi district, 1915
Sibu’s life is changing as the Oraons who live in the forests of Chota Nagpur are slowly moving to the Tana Bhagat movement, where they begin to protest the injustices that the zamindars and the British Raj perpetrate on the Adivasis. And by stories of German Baba, who will help defeat the British in the Great War and bring freedom to the Oraons and to India.
Yet, though the Tana Bhagats follow the path of non-violence, violence is rearing its head in the world around them…
