Somewhere nearby in the pre dawn darkness we could feel rather than see the shifting presence of huge beasts. Carried on the still air the unmistakable smell of elephants reached us, then we heard the quiet shuffling and steady breathing. As the light levels slowly increased we could make out the monochrome shapes of half [...]

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Slowly but insistently the level crossing gates dropped in front of us and we stopped with a clear view of the main railway line from Chennai to Delhi. On the other side of the crossing we watched a phalanx of vehicles forming up, across the width of the road with spaces in between filled with [...]

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Rows of bright inquisitive eyes watched hesitantly as little fingers scooped up rice grains from metal plates. Occasionally the kids were distracted by the lady in the bright sari dishing up another ladle of rice from her bucket.
Here in the tribal areas of West Bengal the rural poor barely scraped a living as landless labourers. [...]

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