After 3 flights, a bus ride, an overnight train and a ride on the back of a motorcycle, I was finally in my family village of Jagapur. The last time I visited was 2006. It was great to see some familiar faces after so long and some new ones. Had a fantastic time hanging out with the family, getting strange looks in the town, belated Holi celebrations and an epic game of cricket with the local kids out in the fields.
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- Krishna Kumar on his way to feed the cows.
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- Rahul Misra all grown up! He was a little kid when I last saw him.
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- I met these three little ones for the first time. Ria on the Left, Prince centre and Priya on the right.
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- Priya Misra.
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- My uncle Shiv Shankar Misra.
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- Prince and Priya take a pic with granny.
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- Just a random cow on the walk to town.
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- Shiv Shankar on his way to the wheat fields.
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- The family wheat fields.
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- Krishna Kumar cutting and gathering feed for the cows.
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- The bicycles parked at the pump room.
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- My uncle shows me a potato that they farm mainly for consumption.
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- Shiv Shankar and Krishna Kumar.
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- The family wheat fields.
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- Shiv Shankar, Krishna Kumar, Mohit and Prince at the wheat fields. Always so serious in photographs.
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- Wheat is my families main source of income in the village.
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- Krishna Kumar tries on a hat.
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- This gentlemen was helping Krishna Kumar cut some feed for the cows.
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- Krishna Kumar loads the feed on his bicycle to take back to the house for the cows.
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- Shiv Shankar Misra on his way back from getting the feed for the cows.
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- Krishna Kumar and Archana chop up some grass to feed the cows, they do this every evening.
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- Shiv Shankar Misra does his evening prayers.
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- My aunt cleaning some veggies for the evening meal.
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- Krishna Kumar milks the cows every morning for some delicious chai.
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- One of the cows on the premises.
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- Priya still half asleep.
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- Prince gives us a smile.
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- Early morning Archana preparing some chai.
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- Krishna kumar comes to check on breakfast while Shiv Shankar eats his.
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- Meera cooking up a delicious meal.
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- Priya strikes a pose.
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- Prince Misra refusing to get out of bed.
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- My aunt having a nap. Photo by Priya after I showed her how to use my camera.
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- Little Ria watching some telly. They only get about an hour of electricity a day and its mostly spent watching the tv.
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- Archana after we caught her with some powder.
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- Archana with a little powder on her. She’s tiny and runs really fast, was hard to catch her and powder her up.
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- Love this pic.
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- Priya got all dressed up and was really upset when I messed her, even though she started it all.
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- What I looked like after a mini Holi celebration.
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- Prince Misra.
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- Little Ria.
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- Mohit and his neighbour after some Holi celebrations.
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- A local farmer poses for a picture.
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- Many people in the town come up to my uncle to greet him.
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- Loved what they did to this old Mahindra.
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- Daya Shankar pours us a cup of chai at his paan stall in Hiranganj Town.
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- Mohit and Prince pose for a picture after washing up from Holi celebrations.
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- Love this image of little Ria.
