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Hundreds of people migrate from rural West Bengal to Kolkata to meet the spike in demand for labour during its biggest celebration of the year: Durga Puja. Away from their families, they are integral to the festivities - from pandal decoration to making idols and transporting them Tanmoy Bhaduri Migrant porters carry idols from workshops to puja pandals in North Kolkata. KOLKATA, West Bengal : During Durga Puja, Kolkata bursts into festivity and joy. Elaborate pandals  are se

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Home alone after sons migrate, farmer taps solar to tackle water scarcity on her farm Pictures & Text: Tanmoy Bhaduri Sunaina Devi, 52, started working on the farm as a child with her mother and then with her mother-in-law when she got married at 16. Devi’s husband would migrate to Kolkata, returning only for three months during the harvest season. She inherited 1.85 acres of land in Harpur village in Muzaffarpur in Bihar after he died  over a decade ago. With farm incomes in