On the face of it, they look happy. Empowered. In control.
You find them standing near the village road, giving loud instructions to the men at work.
But move a little, you find them hunched in a chore, that is but a way of life.
You find many contemplative of the difficult past.
She is the Sundari of the Sundarbans – but her future is not so sundar.
For crime against women is highest (in India) in rural West Bengal…all for a state with a woman chief minister.
In another village, another girl was gang raped by 13 men in Jan’14 – a punishment as she met a guy outside her caste. Let us remove our blindfolds,
And give her the right to smile. Sundarbana Sundari Smiling.
Future starts mid-week 
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Beautiful shots! You should start thinking about putting up a show of your collection.. maybe at Thalam?
The portraiture is just beautiful. Delightful reading this.