English Library on a Cart Masti ki Pathshala is a unique initiative by a social activist in Kolkata, West Bengal, to get children to read...
English Totopara — Toto Tribe’s Last Remaining Village Near Indo-Bhutan Border Cries for Identity The Toto community of North Bengal belongs to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group and inhabits a small village on the...
English The Lonely Pied Piper: Meet the one man left who can play the khal, West Bengal’s famous bamboo flute The traditional khal, a tribal bamboo flute from West Bengal, signifies celebration and pain, and has traditionally been essential to...
English The Strawberry Farmers of Darjeeling Stranded with a Sour Harvest Commercial cultivation of strawberries started in the North Bengal region of West Bengal in 2012. More than a 100 farmers...
English The Lotus Farmers of Hooghly Bainchi village is the hub of lotus farming in West Bengal due to the presence of several water bodies. Farmers...
English Not many smiles this Durga Puja for the idol makers in West Bengal Artisans have been working 17-18 hours every day for the past two-three months to make Durga idols. But, they are...
English Breached embankments, repair funds frozen – No celebrations for Durga Puja in villages of Howrah Durga Puja, Bengal’s biggest annual event, is just a few days away but residents of 17 villages in Howrah district...
English Trouble in the Rice Bowl of Bengal West Bengal is India’s top paddy growing state. Bardhaman region in the state, which is known as the rice bowl...
English Colours of Communal Harmony in West Bengal’s Pattachitra Art Artists recognise no barriers of caste, creed or colour. And Noya village in West Bengal, made up entirely of Muslim...
English “Our lives have become hell”: Thousands of villagers suffer at the hands of Durgapur’s ‘pollution powerhouse’ Residents of three villages – Piyala, Kalipur and Waria – in Durgapur, West Bengal complain they are forced to eat...
