
Bulli groaned and stretched, forcing her eyes open. It was 4.30 in the morning and already dawn had crept into the room, spilling gently off her face on to the hard clay floor. The sun wakes up early in Assam and everyone is up and about at this hour.
Outside, the family had started on their chores. She could hear her mother and Aaita, her grandmother, sweeping floors and fanning the kitchen fire.

Bulli groaned and stretched, forcing her eyes open. It was 4.30 in the morning and already dawn had crept into the room, spilling gently off her face on to the hard clay floor. The sun wakes up early in Assam and everyone is up and about at this hour.
Outside, the family had started on their chores. She could hear her mother and Aaita, her grandmother, sweeping floors and fanning the kitchen fire.