Monday, August 9, 2021

Beautiful Bengal

My Boju used to say “Ja nei Bharatbarshe, ta nei bhubharatey” which roughly translates into “If you cannot find it in India, you probably won’t find it anywhere else in the world.” 

I daresay, if you don’t find it in West Bengal, you probably won’t find it anywhere in India (with the exception of a desert). My home state of Bengal is perhaps the only Indian state that has the mighty Himalayan mountains in the North and the bountiful Bay of Bengal in the South, and sandwiched between the mountains and the sea is the fertile Gangetic plains in fed by the Hooghly that produces rice and mangoes, the mangroves of Sunderbans - the home of the Royal Bengal tiger, the evergreen forests of the Terrai and Dooars at the Himalayan foothills - the home of the world famous Darjeeling tea, and distinct red soil of Birbhum.

I must say, if geography was actually taught with such lovely infographics, pupils would perhaps remember the content better.

The amazing districts of Bengal (North to South) are:























Source: Facebook (The Babumoshai)