How do the seasons influence farming, festivals and food in India? Give an example of each.

1. 1 · Open in one line. India's social and cultural life follows the cycle of seasons.
2. 2 · Farming. Kharif crops are sown with the monsoon and harvested after it; rabi crops grow in winter; zaid crops at the end of winter.
3. 3 · Festivals. Many festivals mark harvests: Pongal, Lohri and Makar Sankranti in January, Baisakhi at the wheat harvest, Onam in Kerala, and Dussehra and Diwali after the monsoon.
4. 4 · Food and clothing. Winter brings woollens and energy-rich foods like groundnuts; summer brings mangoes, cool drinks and cotton clothes.
5. 5 · Close in one line. So the seasons shape what we grow, eat, wear and celebrate.

Scoring tip: Give one example for each part: farming, festival and food. A list without examples gets only part of the marks.