Glimpses from Assam

Crossing the Saraighat Bridge over the mighty Brahmaputra. 'Sarai' in local languages means birds while 'ghat' stands for a bank. This means Saraighat is the bank where birds come to drink water.

A very popular fragrance of Assam

On our way to Sualkuchi

A little boy called Rubul in a farmhouse of Sualkuchi. Rubul's Mom is the housekeeper of the farmhouse.

Rubul's mom agrees to strike a pose

Naughty Rubul is excited to seeing our camera

Organic farming, seen here are huge pumpkins

A view of the countryside

Flora at the farm

That's an arecanut tree, popularly know as tamul in Assamese or supari in Hindi. In Assam serving arecanut to guests is considered to be a mark of honour and tradition.

Farm produce being sold at the local market

Rubul plays with two jackfruits produced at the farm

Rubul wants us to taste some good home made olive pickles

Woman from the countryside

A farmer hurrying towards the market

A guava tree bears fruit

More from the farm

A different looking gourd. Here the gourds are longer and stronger.

Assam, infact the whole of north east is full of greenery

That's a local vegetable called 'bhat kerrela'

That's a betel leaf

More local people. Simple and grounded.