Survey - life in the villages.

In course of the survey we visited select villages. Visiting these villages located on the southern most tip of mizoram has been an invigorating and heart warming experience. I share some of the images ~

A morning view of Lomasu village.

While the villages were bereft of "regular" electricity connection, some houses had solar energy and while it was primarily used for lighting up the house on rare occassions we also saw them having a telivision set .....

Kaladan river is used for transporting goods to and from Burma, India primarily sends jarda and receives pigs (pork); motor boats and other smaller boats ply even during February - March when water levels are quite low.....

An old musical instrument at Bymari village, these (I was told) are not made now,

Rack at the biggest shop in Bymari village; shops are pretty small (generally) having the basic necessary items only and in villages near to the border they sell a variety of Burmese goods too (from jaggery (gur) to soap) ......

Tobacco leaves put out in the sun for drying at Lopu village, these are grown in jhum (shifting cultivation) fields and rolled in form of bidis after crushing.

Sincere thanks to all the people in the villages for enabling us to visit them and the kindness showered during our stay. Its been an unforgettable experience.