Bad photography?

Think your eyes are tricking you or a super bad photographer took this picture?  Actually it is neither.  This was a typical scene at meal time in Nepal prior to the earthquake where food was cooked over non-vented open fires inside the little homes.  The smoke is even worse than you might think since the cooking fuel is made of dried cow dung which releases methane gas when ignited.  Pinkey, the supervisor of the Nepali health projects took this picture in March when she visited rural mountain villages.  Now we are back to square one since most of the homes are destroyed and people are in survival mode.  We still haven't lost sight of the future, however, and Pinkey is making inquiries and contacts hoping to find helpful interventions that can be introduced as the rebuilding process goes forward.