HARD-WORKING WOMEN

Kinnaradesh⁽¹⁾ is a hilly region. The men go down to the plains in search of jobs. The women do the agricultural labour in the apple orchards because the men in upper mountainous regions cannot undertake such strenuous work. They would fall sick and die prematurely if they were forced to do hard labour. For this reason the women will not allow the men to over-exert themselves. So the women take care of the apple orchards and do the marketing while the menfolk do mostly the work of packing the apples for export. The men may want to work, but in consideration for their health the women will not allow them. The women are very hard-working and methodical. They are hospitable by nature, and the boys and girls are very sweet-tempered.

Footnotes

(1) Kinnaradesh is in Himachal Pradesh, a mountainous state in North India. –Trans.