Growing mustard in non-traditional spaces
Man B.: In "dee-hu-wa" and also in the "field" and "fram".
Dee-hu-wa: A raised farm land that retains less water (moister), is somewhat elevated from the rice fields, and used for growing crops that needed lower amount of moisture and better drainage - traditionally Tharus planted corn and mustard in these types of land.
Khet: (Field/farm): This is generally the land where rice, wheat, and lentils would be grown. These lands are generally designed so that they retained lot of water and moisture for crops such as rice. All rice paddy fields is called "Khet" in the Tharu language.
Bhaskar: Wasn't it that you planted mustard in "Dee-hu-wa"?
Man B.: Now a days we grow mustard in the fields too. We spread some fertilizer and we "spread the seeds" by our hands. [The local practice is to sow spreading mustard seeds by hand so there are spaces where there will be over crowding of mustard plants and other spaces it it will be thinner.]
Bhaskar: How did this practice change?
Man B.: We watched other people do it and we copied but one thing is that we have to water the mustard plant at least once when it's about a "hand length".
Bhaskar: How many crops do you get nowadays?
Man B.: We get three crops if we also harvest potatoes in the same field. Mostly the potatoes are harvested in between the rice and the mustard.