Why was Sulekha nicknamed Bholi?

Answer – When Ramlal's daughter Sulekha was ten months old, she fell down from the cot and perhaps a part of her brain was damaged. That was why she remained a backward child and came to called Bholi. Bholi is not sent to school because her father wants to get her educated. She is sent to school because her father can't say 'No' to the Tehsildar. Her mother chose Bholi because she believed Bholi had little chance of marrying anyway and wanted the teachers to look after her.