Khanyara Day 6

This was the last day of our research.
We needed o give a closure to everything. We felt this great need to tell everyone that we were not to come anymore and this was it.  We felt almost sad that we would not see the villagers anymore, wouldn't be able to pop in any shop, say 'namaste' to any person just like that.

But some work was to be done even that day.  We went to the Medical shop - the only on in Khanyara- again moving inside out and also visited a home-based 'boutique' run by a group a Pahari women.
Getting tired now of recording data and noting down things that had come to be expected, we gave it a break.

We walked to a few shops, bought a few things, and bid goodbyes to people everywhere.
At the end we visited the Pradhan's house and saw her marriage photo albums and learnt of their customs.  It was a delight to see her small infant wailing baby being put to sleep.  Her husband seemed to help her a lot and she seemed to be in need of physical rest.

She shared some of her career ambitions and how being a Pradhan was not in line with it.  We empathised with her and gave her our best wishes.  Her husband offered us to show the Hydro-Electric project uphill, but that would have to be given a miss, since one cannot have everything all the time.

Thus we boarded the day's bus and went back to our hotel.  Now on, our stay for whatever time in Dharamshala, would be only to tour and not to research, and we were sorry as well as relieved for it.