The cakes are left in the sun to dry. 14.When the dung cakes are dry, they are stored in stacks. Here a bahu is putting a mud coating over a stack of dung cakes to protect them from the rain. Repairing the walls of their homes after the rains is another job the women perform. Here a bahu is putting a new coat of mud plaster on the courtyard wall.
Rural women enjoy getting together to go to festivals.
Here the women are traveling together in a bullock cart to a fair in a neighboring town. Several young girls are preparing their slates for school. They take notes on the slates, but since they must clean off the slate each night, they must memorize what is written. Young girls who attend school have opportunities far beyond what their mother had. Some may become doctors or lawyers or even prime minister.