Cooking on fumes
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Waiting for the refill
In rural Sikkim, we do a lot of waiting for deliveries — food, newspapers, volunteers. Natural gas, our primary cooking fuel, is a particularly important delivery. (More photos below.)
Unfortunately, it only comes once every two or three months. When the truck shows up, villagers line the road for miles. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: bhasha, dog, energy, fuel, india, photography, school, sikkim, teaching, volunteering
Keep the dung fires burning
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Resourceful, them Gorkhas, huh?
Dung rolled into balls and left to dry in the sun. It’s pretty common in the developing world to recycle animal waste into fuel. Or as plaster. Or flooring.
This comes from a front-step of a house in Ghoom, near Darjeeling. During the winter across northern India, poor people use these dung fuel for heating fires. They’re also used year-round for cooking.
Tags: darjeeling, dung, emerging nations, energy, fuel, ghoom, india, photography, poverty, recycling
