On Sunday as siblings across West Bengal celebrated ‘Bhaiphota’, the women of Sundarbans coastal communities honoured a different kind of brother — the resilient mangroves that shielded them from ...
Gathered at the banks of the Sundarika River in Haripur village, Namkhana in South 24 Parganas district, the local women performed a unique 'Bhaiphota' ritual the 'Mangrovephota'.