Excursions Outside Jaipur: Once Drought-Stricken, Now Fertile Village, and Women's Embroidery and Jewelery Cooperatives, June 3, 2011
Heat: 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or so we are told. Desert, camels, children, women singing a song of welcome from under orange veils.
Chameleons, hospitality, water harvesting, the town spigot, wells, water. Seed-saving.
Village development council. Mustaches, purdah, no more water, thorns, water buffalo, water irrigation, barley, irrigation, mustard, oats, spinach.
optimism, loans, 40,000 rupees in savings, samosas, orange saris, carriage. embroidery, empowerment.
Two wheels the same size: balance. If one wheel is bigger than the other, this cart won’t move.” Equality, rights: hard-won.
Translators, pictures, sweat, loans, child marriage, dogs vs. wild boars. Whirling fans and white turbans
Water. Optimism. Peace.
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