I had a wonderful opportunity the
other day to go with a friend to harvest bajara at her friends farm. Her father
was worried about late blight so he was harvesting
the crop early. As we were in the field cutting down the plants with draties and clearing the row a huge
storm blew in. Rain, thunder, lighting and dark stormy clouds. We decided it best
to not hold the metal cutting equipments in the middle of a flat field and
headed to the chhan(shed). We rode
out the storm in the chhan, talking and eating watermelon and watching the chhan swallows swoop in and out for a
quick dip in the rain.
After a while the storm cleared and
the rain stopped so we headed out to the field and we were greeted with a
beautiful rainbow, which turned into a double rainbow. We finished clearing the
row and my friend’s father pulled his plow along turning the soil and popping
up the roots. We, along with a family complete with 3 rambunctious girls who
thoroughly enjoyed the water pools and mud created by the rain, harvested at
least 1 acre bajra crop from the field under a beautiful double rainbow.
For my work I was rewarded a sense
of connectedness with the earth, a wonderful evening with friends and a many
watermelons and kakdis.
xoxo 
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