Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Village Scenes


Above are two typical village scenes in India where oxen are used to plough fields ...One can see a tubewell in the background ans some hills too.
In the second picture, two women are busy in their domestic chores.Although the practice of cleaning and crushing wheat grains to prepare ATTA ( Flour) for consumption is done by machines these days, in older times, a CHAKKI ( Grinding stone of a kind) was used for the purpose.In it, there were two heavy disks of stone attached to a wooden handle.The grain was put in between and the person would rotate the upper disk with the help of the handle.It was a labourious process! I am not sure if I am describing it the right way...(as all these things have hindi names and descriptions) But I can assure you that this task was not an easy one, as the stone were very, very heavy. I saw a Chakki myself and I couldn't even dare to attempt moving it! I will try to get a picture of it sometime:>) But the women of our villages were quite strong to manage it so easily.They still are.

6 comments:

  1. I so enjoyed seeing these and interesting to read what you wrote about it. Tell Lala for me I love his art and I see such a beautiful soul in those eyes! So talented.

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  2. Thank you again, Sandy...I will keep conveying the comments to him and keep postig more interesting items.Thanks for being the first follower:)

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  3. Both are fabulous sketches Arti.

    I was wondering how a photoblog template would suit Lala's blog since this is more sketches...Thomas

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  4. Thomas I am just using readymade templates...do u have any suggestions?

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  5. Wonderful to see how industrious people are. Lal, your drawings fit so much story into one picture, and the colors you use are beautiful. I particularly like the purple mountains behind the oxen, and the fields of wheat around the women.
    Arti - I can barely lift gym weights. I'm in awe of what our ancestors used to accomplish by hand, and what many people still accomplish without machinery.

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  6. Hi Liz, sorry I missed this comment earlier...you have taken a lot of time in writing this and i am happy that Lala's art is evoking such dear responses. His observation skills are great, I believe.And that makes his paintings more alluring.

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