Picture shot memories of Haryana

Vinita recently had the opportunity to visit Harayana. And here is something she wrote about it:

4-lane or 6-lane highways...

Petrol pumps every 50 m... Left and right...

Flowing canals that have to be crossed every now and then..

Dhabas with huge parking spaces and at least 20 to 30 cars parked..

Illuminated 'Gardens' in rows... All glittering with thousands of lights..

Wheat fields until the eye can reach.. Lined with eucalyptus...

Small channels bordering every field to carry water for irrigation..

Thick green grass on the borders of the road in April..

Homes of bricks.. No zopadi to be seen..

Fat buffaloes tied in front of the house in a separately constructed cow-shed..

Turbaned elders sitting infront of their homes and playing cards or inhaling deeply from the hukka..

Village ponds filled to the brim in the middle of April...

Women either busy working.. Carrying headloads.. Or with a veil over their faces..

Huge piles of cowdung cakes on the outskirts of every village...

Machinery of all kinds to help agricultural activities... like this wheat harvester

Commercialisation everywhere...

Golden harvest - huge piles of wheat in the graineries..

Towers of brick kilns blowing thick black smoke..