Part 3: James & Co. James quickly made friends with many of the participants and organisers by hanging out at the nearby chai shop. He was even invited for a game of “patti” and a drink where he also became quite attached to a few of the local boys whom he took under his wing…
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By Mythreyi K People from Kumirmari can be broadly classified into two types. The first type are landed farmers who grow rice and have 5 to 8 acres each, excluding the space in which their houses are built. These are the supposedly well-to-do half of the population. A huge part of their house is built…
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By Mythreyi K In early December James and I went to the island of Kumirmari in the Sunderban area to conduct a bird watching workshop for budding tourist guides in the area. Over a span of 4 days, we assisted them in identifying about 35 resident and migrant birds. Sunderban, “the only Mangrove-Tiger land of…
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Learning Centre in the Andamans By Mahira Kakajiwala, Sadaf Sethwala and Karishma Modi Despite the loud discourse on the quality of education, a large number of school going children continue to rote learn their way through academia and are not independent readers or writers by the end of elementary school. As part of the “Islands…
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