Aug 2011

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The story of women’s trafficking in north Bengal

Anuradha Sharma Aug 7, 2011 0

‘Agents’ act as trouble brews ANURADHA SHARMA LAKHOTIA Lean Season Mainu Munda in her kitchen. Picture by Biplab Basak From today, we carry a three-part story on the rise in women trafficking in north Bengal, which has coincided with a dip in the tea industry’s fortunes. The first part focuses on the closed and sick…

The day Bangladesh was born

Anuradha Sharma Aug 5, 2011 2

Dhaka has a festive air about it. The sports-loving nation is hosting the cricket World Cup for the first time and nationalism is at the fore, uniting people otherwise divided on issues more than one. The Bangladeshi flag is aflutter from every corner of the city. The flags rekindle Qayyum Khan’s memories of the night…