Baba

Inspired by the Communist president Najibullāhs grand project to bring about reconciliation with the mujahidin the story of Baba concerns two small villages drawn into conflict by a murder a revenge plot and the dishonorable dealings of a spy The villages are finally reconciled by the advice of a wise old man Baba who has kept out of all the quarrels that have separated everybody else by retiring to a cave The character of Baba is based on a real hermit Baba Firoz who lived in a cave in Goldara surrounded by tame animals and supposedly lived to be 127 years old