Daksha, The Medicine Girl
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.
Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl (also by the author) are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India.
Duration - 38m.
Author - Gita V. Reddy.
Narrator - Susie Hackel.
Published Date - Sunday, 29 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2014 Gita V. Reddy ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Gita V. Reddy
Susie Hackel
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Description:
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. Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl (also by the author) are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India. Duration - 38m. Author - Gita V. Reddy. Narrator - Susie Hackel. Published Date - Sunday, 29 January 2023. Copyright - © 2014 Gita V. Reddy ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:21
Chapter 1: A Girl in the Mountains
Duration:00:01:46
Chapter 2: The Winter Months
Duration:00:03:46
Chapter 3: Two Injured Men
Duration:00:03:24
Chapter 4: No Help
Duration:00:05:21
Chapter 5: The Medicine
Duration:00:06:03
Chapter 6: A Strange Letter
Duration:00:03:46
Chapter 7: Leaving Home
Duration:00:04:02
Chapter 8: Unhappy
Duration:00:04:45
Chapter 9: A Doctor's Cure
Duration:00:05:01
About the Series
Duration:00:00:26
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:11