Pratima Devi unhooked a yellow sari draping a wall, in one of the five rooms of her house, to reveal a crack four inch wide in the cornice. Though out of sight, it has never been out of her mind – especially when it rains.
“See this,” said the 38-year-old farmer, tracing similar lines on other walls, showing uneven courtyards and warped steps at her house in Bangheli village of Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district. It’s not just her home; most of the village has similar secrets, loosely covered by old clothes or temporary masonry repairs.
