“The heat is just too much! But pineapple and roselle juice sell well.”
—Ibadapmon Barim, 32, Khweng village, Meghalaya
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“Our elders say, if you never put an axe to a mahua tree, it won’t let a person go hungry”
—Kalabai Merawi, 45, Kannai village, Madhya Pradesh
“We have always lived on these islands and gone to sea. How can the state say it does not belong to us?”
—S. Pandiammal, 44, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu