Pongal Patterns: Learning to Trade with Seasons
A Harvest Morning with a Question The village outside Thanjavur woke up early for Pongal. Smoke rose from clay pots as milk boiled over, sugarcane stalks leaned against doorways, and kolams filled the streets with neat white patterns. The festival air felt slow, warm, and hopeful. Near the fields stood Karthik, who ran a small rice trading business, […]