Today I visited an orchard in the Mewat village. The orchard was implemented by the Sehgal Foundation and is maintained by the village people. It has an advanced irrigation system that uses minimal water to keep the plants alive and save water in the well for other use. There is various types of fruit being grown in it, but I think one fruit is crazy. I will have to ask again to get the name of it, but it is not consumed by the mouth. It is so damn bitter (I tasted it and it tasted like fingernail polish remover....not that I have tasted that before) that people cannot eat it although it has advanced healing qualities. You would collect a large amount of them, put them into a tub, and then mash them with your feet until you get a bitter taste in your mouth. The juices will soak through your pores and help with medicating a heat stroke and other stomach problems. I even talked to a village man who was collecting some for his wife with a heat stroke as I observed them. This was shot really quickly with the FLIP camera I had with me...not that great of quality. I did not bring out the big HD camera today because we reserved the day for hanging out with our family that we will be documenting. I am still hydrating from the orchard visit.....damn hot.
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haha well I still can't believe I missed your call. Your posts are really interesting though. What did you think of the family you'll be documenting?
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that they can grow fruit there. It looked totally barren. Try to grab some of those healing fruits for me. I'm on antibiotics for tonsilitis and the medicine is giving me some interesting bowel movements...
Take care bud,
Mike
The family is supper cool. We filmed the men of the family today (the son and the father). They are a perfect example of what this "model" village is and has progressed. The men believe that their daughters should be treated just like their sons, everyone deserves and needs an education, and that other villages should look at their village(Notki) and begin to become self-sustainable because the interventions the foundation have acted do and will work.
ReplyDeleteI will try to bring some of the fruits back....may be dry though by the time I get back. Perhaps we can grow them ourselves....I see a business idea....????
More to come on the family though.....
Best cure for tonsilitis is to not be putting your mouth in places they don't belong, Michael.
Thanks for following my life,
Fitch