Pre-poll promises, post-poll precarity
In Kherda village of Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district in the Marathwada region, Manisha Jadhav limps into a low-ceiling meeting hall that can barely accommodate 20 people. She favours the leg she injured while working in her soya bean field a few days earlier.Her eyes drift towards the banyan tree near the entrance. Its trunk is wrapped in layers of white threads tied by married women during the Vat Savitri (Vat Pournima) festival, seeking blessings for an enduring marriage across seven lifetimes.
- ▪In Kherda village of Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district in the Marathwada region, Manisha Jadhav limps into a low-ceiling meeting hall that can barely accommodate 20 people.
- ▪She favours the leg she injured while working in her soya bean field a few days earlier.Her eyes drift towards the banyan tree near the entrance.
- ▪Its trunk is wrapped in layers of white threads tied by married women during the Vat Savitri (Vat Pournima) festival, seeking blessings for an enduring marriage across seven lifetimes.
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In Kherda village of Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district in the Marathwada region, Manisha Jadhav limps into a low-ceiling meeting hall that can barely accommodate 20 people. She favours the leg she injured while working in her soya bean field a few days earlier.Her eyes drift towards the banyan tree near the entrance. Its trunk is wrapped in layers of white threads tied by married women during the Vat Savitri (Vat Pournima) festival, seeking blessings for an enduring marriage across seven lifetimes. Before joining the other women waiting on the veranda, Manisha walks to the tree and gently runs her fingers over one of the threads.“Baghat hote ajun dhage rahilet ki nahi. Sann sampun pandhra-vis divas zalet (I was just checking whether the thread is still intact.
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