What would you do if you see all that you
have in life sinking right in front of you? Ghoramara, an island 150 km south
of Kolkata, in the sensitive Sunderbans delta complex of the Bay of Bengal, has
earned the stark sobriquet of “sinking island”. Once it spanned 20 sq km. Now it is reduced to an area of 5
sq km.
“Over the last two decades I’ve lost three
acres of cultivable land to the Muriganga river and had to shift home four
times. There has been no resettlement initiat