hands.

the land, made personal.

farming here is not passive.
the forest and the farm share the same boundary.
what grows here is earned.

vazhavara, idukki, kerala.

joy kaviyil

small-scale farmer, vazhavara.
cardamom, pepper, cloves.

rajakkad, idukki, kerala.

tending cardamom
under mixed canopy, rajakkad.

idukki, kerala, india.

tending cardamom and cloves alongside joy kaviyil, vazhavara.

origin defines character.
purity protects it.
this is malar.