But now, I know that learning does not stop after twenty years in the field.
For more than twenty years, farming was the only work I knew. I own four acres of land in Gopalpur, Bihar, where I grow different crops throughout the year. Depending on the season, my fields have wheat, maize, potatoes, paddy, vegetables, and turmeric. Farming had always supported my family, and over the years, I had […]
Every morning, I woke up with a dream for my children.
My husband and I always dreamed big for our children, aspirations we never had the chance to fulfill ourselves. We got married young—he was 17 and I was 15—and never finished school. But we wanted a different future for our kids. We sent them to a private school, even though the fees were high. We […]
Now, I do not see farming as something I returned to because I had no other option.
My father has spent most of his life farming. For nearly 15 years, he has worked on our land, growing potatoes along with maize and wheat. We own around seven acres, and for our family, the land has always been our main source of livelihood. But farming was never easy. The yield from maize was […]