TWO young women stand poised before me, a soft, warm wind stirring their long, traditional kurta dresses and matching scarves. Both have bright, clear eyes and long, dark hair, lit from behind by the golden Indian sun. Beautifully elegant against the scrubby landscape around us, Monisha and Sanjani (both Agricultural Science graduates) are explaining the extraordinary new system of growing that I am here, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, to meet.
My boys and I have come to visit the Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple, a part of the Sripuram and one of many temples at the foot of the sacred Kailasa hills, which hosts a remarkable agroforestry project that was started 30 years ago
