Rice transplantation

wonderful day

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July 14th 2008
I had some truly inspiring experiences today. We visited community meetings in 2 rural villages. The best part was, after the meetings (one on changes in the village community, one on disaster preparedness) there was a Q & A session between my fellow Americans and the villagers. In the first village, they asked us questions about what our houses were made of (mud, or cement?) and what the predomin ... read more

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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