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SUKRA ORAON

4th December 2018 4 Comments

In an early morning in late September I made a visit to Kunjnagar haat. The street from Falakata to Kunjnagar was almost deserted. A few

TEJA’S DAY WITH A TIGER

1st September 2018 No Comments

Teja, the great old man, aged seventy five, was sitting on his haunches on the open yard of his tin-hut. He was all bare, except

KUNJNAGAR PARK & THE HAAT

11th May 2018 4 Comments

Jaldapara National Reserve Forest once boasted its exotic and lush green beauty with tigers, elephants, deer, chitahas, ghorials, and myriad birds like parrots, mynahas, peacocks,

A VISIT TO MUNDAPARA

11th May 2018 1 Comment

Between the Jaldapara forest and the village lay an acre of land, cultivated, furrowed, unweeded. Yards had patches of all sorts of vegetables, maize, and

AMONG THE CHILDREN

11th May 2018 No Comments

Last week I visited nine or ten school children. The school was in the middle of a Adivasi village. The children sat on the dry

“KUNJNAGAR”

10th May 2018 19 Comments

At Kunjanagar beside the potholed street stood I at blazing sunset lone. The orange cloudlets scattered the western horizon. Slowly evening descended, and tiny dew

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