Erratic rainfall, agricultural shocks and rising migration have emptied villages in Purulia, leaving older residents to fend for themselves Written by Joymala Bagchi Purulia: In West Bengal’s Chatarmahul village of Purulia district, Shakuntala Rajwar (85) lies frail on a charpai inside a dim, mud-walled room. The air is stale, sunlight never enters, and the cattle […]
