My LPG home gas cylinder is going to end in a few days. I should order a new cylinder.
Some villages outside city do not face my problem because they do not use LPG (or do not get LPG) But then What do the villages far off where LPG has not been able to reach (and Still there is a long queue of months for LPG connection!) do? ,especially during rains when dry wood will be scarce and expensive.
Those places use cow dung cakes as fuel (Ya, You know that )and even save them in houses made of cow dung to be used during rains. (hmm..., May be you didn't know that)
The house is made using cowdung and it houses cowdung cakes. The cowdung cakes inside the house, I have been told by the lady making them, remain dry during whole year.
A cowdung house being constructed
A cowdung house
I saw a lot of these structures filled with cowdung cakes during my visit to villages outside cities. They look beautiful, felt like climbing them (No I didn't climb them!)
Cow is a noble animal worshipped by Hindus. It is peaceful by nature. Religious texts say 36 crore gods reside in it (Don't ask me to name them!) in an indication that every byproduct of cow be it cow dung, cow urine, milk is useful to humans.
We give the first chapati of every meal to cow (Although grass would be better But Don't find any near my home)
"Cow is of the bovine ilk.
One end moo, the other end milk."
- Odgen Nash
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