One acre of sugarcane takes about a year, from planting to harvest, but the real wait begins after we cut the cane. The sugar mill takes months to pay—sometimes after Holi for a Maghar harvest. My life says the calendar is for crops, but the payment cycle runs on mill owner's time. I know this delay because last year's payment came just as we needed money for the new saplings, creating a tightrope walk every season.
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