June – Photo of the Month

The quality and energy of our readers and supporters when it comes to capturing rural India on camera has overwhelmed us again. Do have a look at these beautiful snaps sent for this Photo of the Month series.

A kid takes a small, joyous break after a round of tyre and stick game (Photo by A.Srinivasan)

A farmer in Koovagam, Tamil Nadu, riding his bullock-cart.  Special mention to the funky, colourful horns (Photo by Avik Dayta)

Old, wrinkled hands

Old, wrinkled hands of a hard working farmer in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir (Photo by Muneeb Mir)

Sparks of labour

Sparks of labour – A blacksmith at work in Bardhaman, West Bengal (Photo by Kausik Paul)

Load of paddy on head

A farmer carries a load of paddy on his head (Photo by Shouvik Dattan)

Sea of red

Sea of red – Women in the process of making dried red chillies (Photo by Madhumita Chatterjee)

Hard work of families in rural India

A family toils in the field somewhere  in a village on the Maharashtra – Madhya Pradesh border (Photo by Himanshu Hrushikesh Mestry)

Busy evening

A busy evening in Durg, Chhattisgarh (Photo by Bala Subramanyam T R)

reading news in a hindi daily

An old man in Himachal Pradesh reading news in a hindi daily (Photo by Narinder Locham)

Ready for the day

Ready for the day – A smiling, old farmer with his umbrella, stick, and farming equipments (Photo by Akhil Bishi)

lily from a water land

A man collects water lily from a water land in Nilganj, Barasat (Photo by Dibakar Roy)

Elder brother looks after his toddler sibling

Elder brother looks after his toddler sibling at a farm in Junnar, Maharashtra (Photo by Mahesh Dhobale)

Intense gaze

Intense gaze – A child looks outside from the train at Dehri-on-Sone, Bihar (Photo by Raj Singh)

Digital delight

Digital delight – Children enjoy content on a smartphone in rural Jharkhand. (Photo by Tanusree Mitra)