Forty-eight-year-old Bhanumoti Das lives with her husband Golok Das and their two sons. She hails from a very poor family and her husband was addicted to alcohol. It became increasingly difficult for Bhanumoti to live with her alcoholic husband who keeps wasting all their hard-earned money on liquor. Her sons had already separated, so with […]
Forty-eight-year-old Jamuna Das owns one bigha land at Monachitura Village in Birbhum. When her husband was alive, this land was just lying idle and not being used for cropping. After her husband’s demise in 2001, Jamuna joined IMSE Mahila Samiti. Her son and daughter were living with her then and it was challenging for her […]
Singur is popularly called the granary of West Bengal. This particular piece of land in Singur is highly fertile and is home to around 5,000 peasant families. Located in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, Singur came into the limelight for its peasants’ movement in 2006. The government acquired 1,253 acres (500 hectares) of multi-cropping […]