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We hired a car and driver for the 300 km (9 hour) ride from Hospet to Hassan. A bus or train ride would have been even longer and more complicated.

Along the way we saw more examples of the ingeniousness of Indians. These farmers are using local traffic to help thresh their crop. They toss the stalks out onto the street and leave them there for traffic to run over before raking them back to the side and winnowing the grain.

Threshing