International Nomad

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDIA | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [683] | View Larger Image

A lone goat wanders through the waning waters of the mangrove swampland. The rising and falling tides of the Gomor river mirror the ups and downs of the encroaching influences that nearby cities like Kolkata have on simplicities of traditional village life.

The contrasts of colours and changing livestyles, as a young woman cloaked in orange arrives back from work at a nearby city and walks against the deep green backdrop of her rural village.

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A boy casts his net into the shallows of the Sundarban mangroves at the outskirts of his village. The island is primarily home to families of fishermen and honey-collectors, but its residents are increasingly having to look to nearby cities to find a means of income.

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