-Down to Earth Destruction of date palm trees during cyclone Amphan and warming weather have resulted in a huge decline in production of West Bengal’s trademark nolen gur It is safe to assume that anyone coming from Jaynagar would be carrying nolen gur (date palm jaggery), goes a proverb in West Bengal. The locality in South 24 Parganas district is known for its sweets since pre-Independence days. Jaynagar moa, a sweet made...
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A Kerala rice variety could be answer to troubles of cyclone-hit Bengal fields -Vishnu Varma
-The Indian Express The Super Cyclone Amphan had left a trail of destruction in South 24 Parganas district where it broke embankments causing saline water to seep into agricultural fields making irreversible changes to the soil texture. Enter the endemic Pokkali rice from Kerala famed for its remarkable resistance to saltwater. Kochi: An interesting experiment is underway in the rice fields near Sunderbans of West Bengal to find out if a certain...
More »Stories of distress from small borrowers -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * Across India, women borrowers are finding it tough to repay small loans. The next few months will be critical * Unless there is a sharp recovery, MFIs and banks (with micro-loan portfolios) will have to restructure or write off loans though the situation will not be clear until November NEW DELHI: Sarama Koyal does not have a roof over her head. After the Amphan super cyclone ravaged her home in South...
More »Cyclone Bulbul wreaks havoc in West Bengal, at least 10 killed and 2.73 lakh families affected
-Scroll.in Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan said that at least 2,473 houses were destroyed because of the cyclone. At least ten people were killed and 2.73 lakh families were affected in West Bengal as cyclone Bulbul pounded coastal areas of the state on Saturday, PTI reported. Five people were killed in separate incidents in North Parganas district, and one person died in Basirhat city when a tree fell on him, while another man...
More »On the trail of the vanishing waterways of Bengal -Prasun Chaudhuri
-The Telegraph Who stole my river? In the past 100 years, nearly 700 rivers have died in the delta of the Ganges in Bengal Even as late as the 1920s, squabbling sisters in households across Bengal were rebuked thus — Gaang-e gaang-e dekha hoy, kintu bon-e bon-e dekha hoy na. Meaning, even rivers meet but not sisters — they are married off early and have to go separate ways. The subtext, therefore,...
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