Bandhna Parob, the Bonding Festival of Tribal Communities in Jangalmahal
Jangalmahal (Bankura), West BengalDiwali celebrations and Chhath festivities are over but in the forest villages of Jangalmahal in West Bengal, tribal communities continue to celebrate their...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 25 Nov 2023 10:25 AM GMT
Infusing Colour into Bengal’s Fading Patachitra Artform
Bharatpur (Bankura), West Bengal Sanghita Mitra has provided Bengal’s folk art of Patachitra a new lease of life and its practitioners, the patua, fresh hope. The patuas in Bharatpur village, where...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 19 Oct 2023 8:33 AM GMT
दुंबा भेड़ पालन से मालामाल हो सकते हैं किसान जानिए कैसे
बाँकुरा, पश्चिम बंगाल। पश्चिम बंगाल के नबीबुल को यह नहीं पता था कि जिस मोटी पूँछ वाली दुंबा नस्ल की भेड़ को उन्होंने कई साल पहले देखा था, वह उनके लिए जीवनरक्षक बन जाएगी। दरअसल जब वह राजस्थान की...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 13 Oct 2023 12:03 PM GMT
A cleric who is now a successful Dumba sheep farmer in West Bengal
Bankura, West Bengal Little did Nabibul from West Bengal know that the fat-tailed Dumba breed of sheep he had casually observed years ago when he was studying at the Darul Uloom Deoband Jakiya...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 12 Oct 2023 6:51 AM GMT
A loan of Rs 4,000 and two goats took a Santhal farmer from penury to pride
Bankura, West BengalIt was perhaps the darkest time in his life when Sunil Tudu bought two goats, one male and one female, from the Rs 4,000 loan his brother, Rabi Tudu, secured for him.Five years...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 28 Sep 2023 7:51 AM GMT
"अगर वो उस दिन वहाँ नहीं होती, तो मेरा बच्चा मर जाता"
बांकुड़ा, पश्चिम बंगाल। मालती हेम्ब्रम अपने काम को बड़ी ईमानदारी से करती हैं। अपने काम के दौरान जब उन्हें मौत और जीवन से किसी एक को चुनना पड़ता है तो वह जीवन को चुनती हैं । अब भले ही ये फैसला करना...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 13 Sep 2023 9:13 AM GMT
“If she wasn’t there that day, my baby would have died”
Bankura, West BengalFor Malati Hembram life and death are all part of a day’s work. And, it is the living who get priority with her, no matter how difficult the choice is.“I remember the day my...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 12 Sep 2023 10:42 AM GMT
West Bengal: ‘Unless all dues are cleared for eggs and vegetables, there will be no food served’
Parents coming to leave their children at the Gopalnagar anganwadi today, were in for an unpleasant shock. Posters put up there announced that there would be no hot meal served to the children from 1...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 1 Sep 2023 2:23 PM GMT
क्यों बड़ी बात है इन आदिवासी महिलाओं का साल के जंगलों से सुरक्षित लौट आना
बांकुरा, पश्चिम बंगाल। बेरंग सूती साड़ियाँ पहने और सिर पर गमछे लपेटे सुकुमोनी हांसदा, मेथरी मुर्मू, सरबोनी टुडू, बासोंती हांसदा और रामोनी हांसदा हर सुबह सूरज उगने से पहले अपने घर से निकल जाती हैं।बाहर...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 30 Aug 2023 9:32 AM GMT
Leaves, lives and livelihoods — tribal women risk their lives to earn Rs 5 for every 100 sal leaves they collect
Bankura, West BengalDraped in faded cotton sarees, their heads covered with gamcha, Sukumoni Hansda, Methri Murmu, Sraboni Tudu, Basonti Hansda, and Ramoni Hansda leave their homes every morning...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 29 Aug 2023 11:50 AM GMT
पश्चिम बंगाल के इस गाँव के स्कूल में बच्चों को भा रही है कृषि की पढ़ाई
पुरंदरपुर (बाँकुड़ा), पश्चिम बंगाल। नेहा बनर्जी के लिए खुशी का दिन है, क्योंकि वो पश्चिम बंगाल राज्य तकनीकी और व्यावसायिक शिक्षा और कौशल विकास परिषद द्वारा प्रस्तावित व्यावसायिक पाठ्यक्रमों में...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 1 July 2023 8:21 AM GMT
Agriculture is a sought after vocational course in this village high school in West Bengal
Purandarpur (Bankura), West BengalFor Neha Banerjee, it is a bittersweet time. The 18-year-old student of Purandarpur Higher Secondary School, in Bankura district, West Bengal, is jubilant because she...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 27 Jun 2023 6:28 AM GMT
