I then fill my manure cart with as many fresh cow pies as I can comfortably pull to where I want to spread it. Stirring with a hoe, I then add enough water to make a spreadable slurry.

Every day, with bare hands, Rukmini Baburao Kumbhar, collects around 50kg (eight stone) of fresh cow dung. She is part of a spiritual group that runs a small ashram (a religious retreat) in a ...

Every day, with bare hands, Rukmini Baburao Kumbhar, collects around 50kg (eight stone) of fresh cow dung. She is part of a spiritual group that runs a small ashram (a religious retreat) in a ...