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Where life blooms, originally uploaded by oochappan.

Paraipatti - countryside
Made me think a bit at Christmas time,
the stable, the lady pregnant,
who knows, she will have her baby that time ?

Homage to Gandhi, originally uploaded by pallab seth.

An old local farmer grazing his goats rekindled the memories of Gandhi's simplicity and the Sabarmati Ashram.

wages to earn- the baigas, originally uploaded by Sayantan Bera.

a baiga woman works as a daily wager for the forest department in ghursibehera village in balaghat district of madhya pradesh, india.

one of india's 'primitive' tribal communities, the baiga's had a high level of dependence on forest resources for self consumption. over the years they have been pushed out of the forests and into the mainstream economy. they now depend on wage labor under the government employment guarantee schemes and those provided by the forest department.

this village ghursibehera was relocated from inside the 'critical tiger habitat' of Kanha National Park way back in the 1970s. with displacement they had not only lost their access to the forest but also a part of their culture and traditions.

Homeward ho!, originally uploaded by Rajib Singha.

A young girl with cowdung collected from the field, heads back to her home with her herd of buffaloes. Shot from Jarkhand.

village de Cha, originally uploaded by >> Anne.

The village of Cha looks like all the villages of Zanskar. The houses are built of earth on a foundation of stones, flat roofs greet yak dung of cows and dzos used as fuel for cooking and heating. It is women who collect them all the day in baskets on their back.
Herbs with beautiful colors ochres, red and green add color on the roofs of houses ...

...milk men....rural India, originally uploaded by l_elias_l.

They are just having a break...u can notice that person rubbing something in his palm ....he is mixing tobacco and lime to chew. A scene from rural Indian village.

Life In Technicolor, originally uploaded by avenue...

In India, often in the rural areas the women and even small girls are supposed to do all the household work including sweeping, washing the utensils,clothes etc,,its really depresses me to see them in such a condition..Every developed city in india has a neighboring slum unknown to the residents of the city... ..well not a good pic to upload on a new year day,but recently shot them while returning from a friends place ,so thought to upload it.

Rural India, originally uploaded by randoment.

The family in the picture are farmers in bazpur, UP, India.
this is a glimpse of the lives of Rural Indians.
Despite of a strong hold in the global market, a fast pace in development, and a stable economy, poverty and suffering still continues to affect the Rural side of India.
What prevails though, is the Unconditional Hospitality, Warmth,Optimism and happiness which are the very foundations Indians are raised upon.

row in the red lagoon, originally uploaded by great india.

kerala is an amazing land of backwaters. long coastal area and some wonderful lagoons are also influence the agriculture economy and day to day life.nowadays kerala is famous in tourism with its exceptional backwater & canals in the world map.