We’re very often asked about what it’s like living on a farm. Such a simple innocuous question, but the answer transcends so many levels of village life, which are intertwined in culture, rituals and farming.
Sudha, our boss lady and my mom in law, usually wakes up before the crack of dawn and like any village matriarch gets down to setting the tone of the day with a pot of piping hot sugary tea! Simultaneously, the chulha is lit to heat water for morning aangol (bath). The smoking chulha also enables the dispersion of mosquitoes which are quite the pest in these parts of Konkan.