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Children’s tears in the sari
Many of Bengal’s famous handloom saris, badges of high culture that sell for a neat sum in cities, are woven over the tears of children pushed into slavery by their parents for money....  | Read.. 
 
Mamata raises bargain stakes
Mamata Banerjee today staked claim to both the Sealdah and Bowbazar Assembly seats but, unlike when she bargained for th ...  | Read.. 
 
Factories’ tree deadline eased
Deadlines for pollution-control measures in Bengal are meant to be elastic. ...  | Read.. 
 
Basu ‘heritage’
Bangladesh has decided to preserve as a heritage site Jyoti Basu’s ancestral home in suburban Sonargaon. ...  | Read.. 
 
Auto drivers hit passenger
A passenger was tonight thrashed by auto drivers at Baguiati for refusing to pay nearly double the usual fare. ...  | Read.. 
 
Azhar Sheikh and Meno Khatoon work on the handloom.
Children’s tears in the sari