Trip to Kovvali : A Revisit to my Childhood

• MAy 14, 2015

My trip to Kovvali village was like revisiting my childhood and introducing the village life to my young daughter. My childhood memories are infused with the rich tapestry of village life revolving around the farming activities - from tilling the land to transplanting the rice and looking at the caravan of bullock carts bringing home the harvested rice and dry grass.

I could once again view all these activities in the village while staying at the scenic house of my friend, which is adjacent to the rice fields.

My young daughter had tremendous fun riding the tractor, posing next to the bullocks and most importantly trampling in the wet rice fields where transplantation was apace. She merrily sunk into the knee-deep mud and refused to come out of the field.

More importantly, it was an opportunity to see how sincere efforts to engage with different communities in the village can help in beautifying the common areas by planting trees to provide shade, painting the walls with folklore and putting benches to sit.

Finally, visiting the rice mill gave a perspective on the scale of cultivation in that area, as the rice mill owner shared the information that it had a capacity to mill a truckload every day and that it was equipped with very modern milling equipment.