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Evolving Rice Currency
The Pathaayam as Economic Archive In the villages of southern India, one could once find a wooden storage box known as the pathaayam. Today, these boxes sit largely forgotten in the corners of elderly farmers’ homes. But in their time, they functioned as something far more significant than mere storage containers. They were, in effect,…
Jolabhumi Narider Kotha (Women and the Wetlands)
Adrija Bhattacharya and Bedoprana Roy 6/03/26 Jaladarsha hosted an event titled Jolabhumir Narider Kotha on 6th March,2026 as part of their ongoing series of events titled “Towards Sustainable Flows” in collaboration with Travelistan cafe. The event was filled with enriching conversations that put the women community members as central to the tale of East Kolkata…
The Golden Jackal – Kolkata’s last remaining wild carnivore
The club lies along the eastern bank of Tolly Nullah which was the earlier path Adi Ganga, a channel of the river Hooghly. The soil of the area consisted of the silt brought down by the Adi Ganga and this rich soil combined with generous rainfall supported luxuriant vegetation. This marshy fertile area was prime…
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