Mango Orchards.

Continuing from my last blog where i told you about reaching our village during summer vacation and taking bath in the pond and after taking breakfast we all used to go to our own mango orchards which was just 100 mts. in front of our house and most of the day was spent there relishing different varieties of mangos,Jamuns from the trees or playing cards etc.In the mango orchard villagers used to built temporary small hut made of bamboo and roof was made of rice husk and sitting space was around 2 to 3 feet hight because there were lot of snakes use to roam around and they were of different colour & sizes and one snake is having head on the both side which is called Gahuman.But our cousins told us that we should not be afraid of them because they don't harm you unless you harm you. In fact in our place people worship snakes and specially there is festival called Naagpanchmi in which people offer milk to the snakes.Snakes are also very useful for farmers since they ate rats who used to destroy their harvest.Another fruit which was very unique is called jalebi which grows on tree and it is called jalebi ( Indian sweet Dish ) because it is exactly like this sweet dish in shape & size.
The whole day was spent in no time but in evening it was like hell because there was no electricity and plus lot of mosquitoes so we have to sleep in the mosquito net which we are not habitual to in cities.So we used to sleep quite early in the night.My Grandmother used to keep best mangos for my father hiding it from all of us.She had a very good personality and was the only sister of seven brothers.My Grandfather used to command great respect from villagers and incase of any dispute among villagers his word was considered the last word on the matter.My story of village cannot end without describing our dog Moti .Even if he used to be 3 kilometers away in our fields if my grandfather used to call him from his house,he used to come running within minutes. It was a big surprise to us that how he can recognise his master voice so far away.