Tractor Track Through Late Autumn Crops in Nagaland

Soft overcast light washes over freshly irrigated rows of young crops in Nagaland, their green shoots standing low against the damp earth. A deep tractor track curves through the field, its dark, muddy ridges against the pale, wet soil. The late autumn wind whips the slender stalks, bending them in unison toward the horizon. Rows stretch into the distance, showing the scale of the agricultural labor. Mud rests on the tire grooves, glistening slightly under the gray sky. At the edge of the track, a single clod of earth rests precariously on a disturbed root.