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But when they got to know of the water crisis here, they left. i ask how they would convince the prospective bride's families. perhaps offer to help their daughters fetch water? translation: no, i have other work, and she has different work. _ she has to cook food, clean the house. i have to tend to the animals, farm and travel to attend social gatherings. so it's down to vimal�*s mother. she fetches water, washes his clothes and cooks for him. there are three other sons, but they don't live here. the village didn't have much work, so they moved out and found brides too. she says she's never...

These villages are infamous for their water crisis. it's a hard life that no woman would choose. families don't want to marry their daughters into these villages, and when they do, these men tell me the women want to leave. it's a growing list of single men, getting older, looking for brides. i ask, "how many are unmarried here?" three are nudged to stand up. one is called a reject. used to the jibe, he smiles. translation: l was 22 when - the first marriage proposal came in. in total, five families came to meet my parents.

Sons who would bring brides — that is other women to share her water burden with. the terrain is rocky, and the distance is long, so it's very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. as the morning blends into afternoon and it gets hotter, the task of ferrying water also becomes harder. to help women, the village council arranges water tankers in summer. each woman gets five buckets' full — five buckets for the whole household. coloured in the colour of impure water. even this support is not availa...

The tale of the Zardozi or the art of Zari is one as rich as the gold and silver threads that are used in its crafting. A legacy passed down from gran

A mother who allegedly tried to outshine her daughter on her wedding day by wearing an all-white, sequined, feathered gown topped with an extravagant white flowery hat got called out online in a savage anonymous post.