"Liquid of life": Water is a vital life-line for humans particularly for those living in rural India where getting potable water can be very difficult. The villagers use sand bags to block a stream and fill water in large cans to be taken on bullock carts to the village about 5 Kms away. Jan 2007.

Transporting water on bullock carts to the village from the nearby stream.

Old lady sitting in the farm while her cattle graze

India: This lady is making chappatis and roti on an open fire on a flat vessel called tawa heated by fire wood. As people arrive for a village fair (called "Haat") at a village near Nagpur, Maharashtra, India these small units provide low cost meals.

Mother with her baby in hand in front of her most basic house. Moving to see such abject poverty. The girl behind is naked and without any cloths and this site was not uncommon.

Children outside their village home playing with a young goat.

Its the responsibility of the women to fetch the water. Seen here are two women heading to the village hand pump to bring water in their metal pots.

Thread made by rural women from the locally grown cotton.

Thread made from cotton. Cloth made from the cotton produced by the fields in rural India and then dyed using natural colours by the village women folk.

Cloth made from the cotton produced by the fields in rural India and then dyed using natural colours by the village women folk.