Coir making

These women are making a thin rope using coconut fibers which is spun in different directions on a wheel. This is called "grandma work" because they make very little from a day's work but it helps out their families and can be done from home.

South India - Goa, Hampi, Cochin, Munnar

December 13th 2011
We flew from Rajastan Province to the smallest province in India, Goa, which was a Portuguese colony for hundreds of years.It’s much cleaner than Nothern India and we felt like we were on vacation from India. It’s loaded with beaches and the alcohol is blissfully cheap. We even bought s ... read more

Asia » India

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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