Agar village

Our home for 2 weeks is the small village Agar in Rajasthan. When we arrived it was very hot, however we brought the rain with us which was so nice to cool things down. Agar is home to around 120 families and the world for most children here is no bigger than a 40km radius around the village. There is a lot of agriculture which includes growing grass to feed buffalos. Many families are also hand making amazing carpets, we were told they work for a big company in Jaipur which deliver the wool to the village and the carpets are made here and then go back to Jaipur to be sold. Many families are big with lots of children and like most villages in India, they live as a big extended family unit. The village has a main bazaar on the main street of town which features about 10 chai wallas, a few tailors, 3-4 barbers, 3-4 doctors/drug distributors, and many general stores which sell a bit of everything. There are lots of monkeys in the village, cows and goats are herded through the village many times during the day. The village becomes alive at 6am, as the daily water supply starts at 6am for about 30-45mins. In the dry season water often doesn't come every day. Here you will see people fetching water, filling their water tanks and children lined up to shower. Like many other villages we have seen, you see women working in their colourful saris and then you see men sitting around on the streets and they appear like they are doing nothing all day. Sorry that's probably a totally bias perspective from a woman!Read more