Date:11/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/11/stories/2008061151862400.htm

National

Monsoon mosaic

— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR

READY FOR THE CROP: But for one patch, brimming paddy fields await transplantation after the monsoon set in on Tuesday in Assam. This is a region where some 80 per cent of the population depends on agriculture for their livelihood.