Hello Friends, After a seemingly unending summer of monsoon rains, the sun has finally come out! This is a big sigh of relief for many in the community in Wayanad, India, including our field staff. Everyone is assessing the damage created by the rains, cleaning up, and making plans for the next agricultural cycle. It’s a season, much like the spring in the US that brings an aura of hope and newness. Our field team
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While we here in the US often identify the summer months with sunshine, warm weather, barbeques, and beach trips, our global neighbors in India welcome the abundance of rainfall known as the Monsoon Season. For the vast majority of families in Prashanthagiri, the season brings relief from high temperatures and a renewed sense of hope for the vitality of their crop production. In addition however, this season also brings about several ailments. The wet, humid
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Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala. It is a harvest festival and is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by people of all communities. According to a popular legend, the festival is celebrated to welcome King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam. Onam is celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar
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“Think moonless, think midnight, think darkness… the star spangled sky, against a stark blue-black background. This is what ajrakh, meaning blue in Arabic, is likened to.” This line from an article in the Hindu, gives a fitting visual for someone who is unfamiliar with this art form. “The word” the article states “could have come from “aaj rakh” (keep it for the day), the longer the wait between each process, the finer the result.” The
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Kathi rolls are a popular, easy to eat dish. Whether you have tried them in an Indian household or off of a food truck in New York City, these are definitely a hit. They are also not that hard to make! If you are making these for a get together, you can make all the components ahead of time and just assemble when you are ready to serve them. Whether you eat these for lunch,
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