Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The walls in the houses at villages

The survey had us visiting 9 villages in the southern part of Saiha (Mizoram). While i shall share the details of the survey in a later post, in this post i share pictures / posters I came across in the houses in these villages. I have ever been fascinated by these ~


This is from the house of the MTP (youth associaton) president at Lomasu village. The top portion of an old calendar. I have seen this earlier and liked this. Tipa or Tuipang is the headquarters of the Block by the same name within Saiha district, about 90 - 100 kms.


This poster featuring wild animals had me wondering ! In the middle of the most amazing forests here we had a poster depicting giraffe and polar bear !


The house where we interacted with people at Lope village had Burmese beauties gracing its walls. The Burmese influence was very visible in the shops too - soaps, cigars and biscuits all came from Burma.


The health department of the state defnitely made its presence felt at the residence of the village council (equivalent to panchayat) president at Lomasu village.



Sonia Gandhi smiled from one of the walls at Lopu village reminding me that I was in India and that the elections were around the corner ...

Sincere thanks to all the colleagues and the forest department of the MADC...

4 comments:

workhard said...

Nice post..


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Nimesh Ved said...

Thanks for your compliments and encouragement ~ the experience was i believe "once in a lifetime" kind and will be sharing more in the coming days. ~ Nimesh.

Unknown said...

Hi,

Nimesh, It lookes that you enjoyed your survey very much and you seen and feel their actual life, also very much surprised to see the glasses and chutney and big plate I never seen such thing earlier, thanks sharing us so that people like me atleast know about this amazing beauty of our country.


Sangeeta Verma

Nimesh Ved said...

Thanks Sangeeta, you are welcome to Saiha. Nimesh.