70 – 24th – The paddy "sowers"

February 24th, 2008 Permalink

Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 24th Feb’08 This is the season of paddy sowing in Kerala. Rice being a staple food of the state, you can see it being grown in vast amounts all over the inner parts of Kerala. This is the apt time for planting the paddy seedlings since [...]

Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 24th Feb’08

This is the season of paddy sowing in Kerala. Rice being a staple food of the state, you can see it being grown in vast amounts all over the inner parts of Kerala. This is the apt time for planting the paddy seedlings since monsoons would be hitting the state anytime in the next 2-3 months.

We were cutting our way through the lush green city if “wayanad” in Kerala, when we came across these ladies sowing paddy in one of the nearby fields.

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