Near the end of her journey, the sun was already getting ready to retire for the day. In the distant she observed a stubborn farmer working on his land, near a similar stubborn local plant. She suddenly remembered it was “World’s Hunger Day.”
It had been a more than a month now, the temperature hovering around 45-50oC. Summer heat had descended earlier than previous years, confirming global climate change. Ms. Rumi Singh, on a business trip, was driving from Jaipur to Udaipur in India’s Rajasthan state. Outside, the landscape appeared more like the radiating surface of a mysterious distant planet.
Near the end of her journey, the sun was already getting ready to retire for the day. In the distant she observed a stubborn farmer working on his land, near a similar stubborn local plant. She suddenly remembered it was “World’s Hunger Day.”
Editor
26/8/2022 05:57:36 pm
Wow. What a photo.
Pamela Kennedy
26/8/2022 06:12:10 pm
Beautiful photo.....and, yes, farming is a labor of love...Nicely told, Sankar.
Sue Clayton
27/8/2022 07:42:31 am
So many in the world are suffering from hunger, and so many farmers are striving to fight the war against climate change to provide food, Lucky are we who have food on the table.
Gautam Chatterjee
27/8/2022 12:54:13 pm
Nicely taken through lens & a story of real thought. 27/8/2022 03:23:59 pm
As many have said before me, stunning picture, and a great story to go along with it!
Dee Lorraine
1/9/2022 05:11:37 pm
I agree with all of the above comments. Thank you Sankar and Sinjinee.
Sankar Chatterjee
29/8/2022 04:07:05 pm
Dear All: Comments are closed.
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