Hello hive family. I hope that you will be safe and sound.
The daily routine of the hill people starts with sipping tea that too in a steel glass. Tea is an integral part of the daily routine here. There is hardly any mountain person who can imagine life without tea even if he lives in a foreign country.
These days I am watching and living the mountains closely. It is easy to say and say something on the mountain but it is a little difficult to live it exactly the same way. Mountain life can be lived for pleasure for some time but mustering the courage to be with it is a big task. Mountain labor is growing with a new challenge every day. Those living on the hills are struggling for basic needs rather than survival or are finally getting tired and looking towards the cities with hopeful eyes.
Due to lack of snow or rain, farmers are worried about their crops. Due to terraced fields, there is not much farming here. If there is more rain than required, the water washes away their hard work and if it does not happen the crop dries up.The situation is getting worse than the challenges of climate change that I'm talking about. The weather is definitely affecting the village people. But necessary preparations and arrangements are not being made to face it. The government is not able to face these challenges. it is a serious matter.
All these pictures having taken from Sony A58 camera and editing in Snapseed app.
Disclaimer: This post is originally written in Hindi by me and I have taken the help of Google Translate to translate it into English.