In an excerpt from the first chapter, Amrita Devi and the 363 Martyrs, Goodman recounts the legendary tale of lives sacrificed to save trees on Bishnoi land. On Monday 11 September 1730 (although ...

Martin Goodman, a professor of creative writing, tells the extraordinary story of a desert-dwelling community of western ...

Saako-363,' a movie based on a true story. It is about a Bishnoi woman - Amrita Devi who fought with a Deewan of Jodhana realm to protect the ambient flora and fauna in their locale, Khejarli Village.

In 1730, a local woman called Amrita Devi Bishnoi of the present day Khejrali ... It is, however, not always a one-sided story and there have been times when the community has been accused of ...

The monsoon rains were recent so a woman of the village, Amrita Devi, was tending the crops ... Her life worked because she was a Bishnoi who lived by a clear set of twenty-nine rules set down ...