When the Sun Turns North and the Fire Warms the Fields: Makar Sankranti & Lohri
In Indian villages, festivals don’t begin in temples or calendars—they begin in the fields. The smell of ripening crops, the changing angle of sunlight, the warmth returning after long winter nights—this is how celebrations are born. Makar Sankranti and Lohri are two such festivals that rise straight from the soil, carrying the emotions of farmers,…