Red Chilli cultivation and sale in Karnataka

From the archive record

Chillies make India go round - India runs on chillies! When the poor have to eat drab meals, it's Lal mirch and pyaz or onions that enthuse them to go on! The woman nursing her child as she separates stems from chillies is such a telling shot. It shows dedication and devotion to work and her balancing her work and home responsibilities. Then see at 2:40 where the woman moving her hands VERY FAST! Woman nurses child as she clean Red chillies in South India, with other women. The Red Chilly trade in South India is obviously quite a large one. See the mountain of chillies in this small town center. Imagine the acridness in the air around. One of the women even scratches her eye as she separates the chillies. Doesn't her eye burn??? This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive o