Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Rice Green















Everywhere,
Fully alive,
Transplanted one by one,
The colors of the fields
Make me soar.
















You probably know more about the process. From what I've seen during trips to the villages, the rice seeds are planted in fields allocated for seedlings. Once there are seedlings, they are individually transplanted to larger fields.
















I have been told most of the rice fields we see here in Orissa are owned by the villagers. About 15% are owned by larger estates. The villagers take turns to work each other's field.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

what beautiful pictures! thanks for sharing dipti :-)

smita said...

amazing photographs - and i loved the post on the micro hydro project you're working on...thanks for sharing!