In rural India, kaleidoscopic saris protect precious crops
“So, instead of using dull colors that the fence rags generally enter, my neighbors think that it is a much more infallible method,” explains Khambe. The Rural Maharashtra usually depends on monsoon rains to cultivate rice. But the recent interest in the cultivation of winter vegetables has led to the need to protect their crops in difficult weather conditions – where farmers cannot be as vigilant. A Saris repertoire, ramgad women’s closets, is easily available. Khambe says: “They solve the goal and also add a certain light.”
Khambe has grown up and lived in this village all his life, and he believes that his photographs document the lived realities of a community that does not reach films or stories. “I generally like to take photos of people and their unique mode while they do their daily tasks – women selling fish to actors dressing for Jatra festivals (folk theater).” He spent all his forty-two years in his hometown. “I never moved.
Without much advice on the ground, Khambe decided to work on jobs in computer repair in his village until he stumbles on a camera. “Photography brings me a lot of joy now. I am proudly a full -time photographer and that’s what I want to do for the rest of my life – to preserve Sindhudurg in a way, ”says Khambe Vogue India.
