India A team of four men with oxen plough the ground near Pondicherry making ready for next year's harvest

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India, agriculture, ploughing the ground on a field near Pondicherry. This scene is typical of anywhere in India. It shows a team of four men each with two oxen breaking up a field of heavy clay like soil prior to the scattering of seed for next year's harvest. The men are from the poorest caste, the Harijans.

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Location: India
Photo credit: © Tom Hanley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: agriculture, , farmers, farms, harijans, history, india, oxen, people, poor, poorpeople, poverty, rural, tourism