Kakdi Chor: Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Garhwali Cucumber Culture

Critical Review of Modern Garhwali Stories -138 ‘Kakdi Chor’A Modern Garhwali Story by Urmil Kala ’Nirmal’ (Shailvani 23/9/2012)-1-a critical Review and Analysis Let Us Celebrate Hundredth Year of Modern Garhwali Stories! Review by Bhishma Kukreti [Notes on Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Garhwali Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Uttarakhandi Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Mid Himalayan Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Himalayan Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; North Indian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Indian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Indian subcontinent Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; SAARC Countries Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; South Asian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Asian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Oriental Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture] Himalaya is the origin birth place of cucumber. From Himalaya, cucumber agriculture spread all over Indian and then spread to Mid Asia and other countries. China started culturing cucumber 3 B.C. Cucumber theft by young boys in rural Garhwal is common culture. Cucumber theft is not called a social crime as happens in other vegetable thefts but an adventurous kind of theft. The boy who is bred and brought in rural Garhwal would definitely be involved in cucumber theft in his life. Every rural Garhwali would have two or more true stories with him about cucumber theft. Urmil Kala depicts the cucumber theft culture of rural hills of Uttarakhand. The story is told in very simple words but create curiosity. At the end, story writer provides poem about cucumber theft culture as: खाई ककड़ी , खाई ककड़ी लगदी मूत रामू क ब्वे , गाळी देली त , वीं तै पीटी पीटी क बणा द्योला भूत Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti 20/10/2012 Critical Review of Modern Garhwali Stories to be continued …139 Garhwali Stories by Urmil Kala to be …2 Notes on Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Garhwali Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Uttarakhandi Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Mid Himalayan Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Himalayan Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; North Indian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Indian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Indian subcontinent Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; SAARC Countries Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; South Asian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Asian Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture; Oriental Story (Fiction, Tale) depicting Ethnic Cucumber Culture to be …