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Lahari

 In the rural part of India, the day starts very early awakened by the alarm ,set by the roosters at around 5:00AM. The cows are milked by older kids or parents. After the cows are milked they wait for the milk man, who comes in a bicycle, buys the milk from farmer then sells it to a dairy factory in a nearby town. Some houses also collect eggs, others sell chicken for food . Younger family members go to a borewell and get water, most houses don't have running water. The house has to be cleaned . The outside part of the house is washed and decorated with a beautiful rangoli. 

Pranathi

  The little boy wakes up in the morning by the sound of

bells ringing and dishes being washed.

The vegetable seller gets his cart ready for his regular walk

through the village to sell his produce.

The early noise of people opening their shops and windows alarms

the village that it is time to wake up for another day.

Alka

And depleted and poor

Not to mention lowly and worthless

Along with homes without doors!

 Now it may not mean much to you

But, let me tell you a thing or two

About the villages of India, and the things that they do