CH 8 RURAL LIVELIHOODS

Answer: Because there is no other kind of work in the village for the agricultural labourers.

Agriculture labourer can be defined as the involvement of any person in connection with cultivating the soil, or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, management of livestock, bees, poultry etc.

Natarajan Subramaniam as Ayyanar, Thulasi’s husband.

Farming is growing crops and keeping animals for food and raw materials. Farming is a part of agriculture.

Farm tools are instruments we use in the farm to aid us in farm work, thereby making it easy. Such equipments include cutlass, wheel barrow hoe, shovel and axe.

Thulasi is a labourer who works on Ramalingam’s land. Apart from working on the land, she does all the tasks at home. She cooks food for her family, clean the house and wash clothes. She goes to the nearby forest to collect firewood and she fetches water from borewell which is about one kilometre away.

Thulasi is a labourer who works on Ramalingam’s land. Apart from working on the land, she does all the tasks at home. She cooks food for her family, clean the house and wash clothes. She goes to the nearby forest to collect firewood and she fetches water from borewell which is about one kilometre away.

When one of Thulasi’s daughter fell ill, she borrowed money from Ramalingam for her treatment. They had to sell their cow to pay back the money they borrowed from Ramalingama for treatment of their daughter.

When one of Thulasi’s daughter fell ill, she borrowed money from Ramalingam for her treatment. They had to sell their cow to pay back the money they borrowed from Ramalingama for treatment of their daughter.

Ans : The people of Chizami have their own individual fields but they also work collectively in each other’s fields. They form groups of six or eight and take an entire mountainside to clean the weeds on it. All groups eat together once their work for the day is over.