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  • Urmila Maurya, 38, sits on a table, one of her only two pieces of unharmed furniture left of what was once her slum home in the institutional area of Lodi Colony, an upmarket area in New Delhi, India on 03 January 2012. A mother of 2, she spends her days on the pavement stringing flowers into garlands for devotees at the nearby Hindu temple. At night, she lays down on the same plastic tarpaulin she uses for the flowers but claims that the police come and tear it up in an attempt to discourage her from squatting in the open. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National
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  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Anindita Kazi's reading desk stacked with books, many about her grandfather Nazrul Islam, in her house in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, on 17th January, 2012. The West Bengal government's attempts to rename one of its historic buildings after a Bengali poet has met with controversy. Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet's legacy has always been debated, including his relationship with other Indian intellectuals such as Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. In an attempt to quell doubts, Anindita Kazi, Mr Islam's grand daughter will release a CD in which she reads from unpublished letters between the two poets to show their regard for each other. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120117-Anindita-Kazi-Nazrul...JPG
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in a Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) village with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in rural villages with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in rural villages with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, is greeted by a crowd of supporters on motorbikes chanting "long live Ritesh Pandey" as he drives through rural roads in Jalalpur constituency in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, unwinds as he spends some time in his father's cowshed at home after campaigning late into the night in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, speaks to the sports teacher in Takshila Academy, a primary school he founded mid last year in Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, unwinds as he pets a cow in his father's cowshed at home after campaigning late into the night in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • "This car is worth between 100,000 and 2,000,000 rupees" scrawled in the day-old dust on the rear windscreen of Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey's, 30, car as he campaigns in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, drives away from a crowd meeting in his constituency as he campaigns late into the night in Suhururpur Village, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, walks out of her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on at dawn by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A fisherman walks along the coastline on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, from the sanctuary across the river to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Heavy traffic of tourist boats are seen beyond a line of mangrove trees on the coast of Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Environment-Sundarba...jpg
  • Amin Hussain (center with money in hand), discuss with other men who gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Men gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120119-Borders-Cattle-Marke...jpg
  • Indian tourists walk around the mangrove-lined coast on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Environment-Sundarba...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in a Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) village with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in a Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) village with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • A villager prays to the goddess Durga, who is always depicted riding a tiger, in the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to Durga and this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A woman walks along the elevated path bordering the coastline and the village in Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, from the sanctuary (as seen on the horizon) to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tourists walk around the coast on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Environment-Sundarba...jpg
  • Anindita Kazi's mother, Kalyani Kazi's book on her grandfather Nazrul Islam is photographed on Anindita's reading desk that is decorated with Rabindranath Tagore and Nazrul Islam's images, in her house in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, on 17th January, 2012. The West Bengal government's attempts to rename one of its historic buildings after a Bengali poet has met with controversy. Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet's legacy has always been debated, including his relationship with other Indian intellectuals such as Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. In an attempt to quell doubts, Anindita Kazi, Mr Islam's grand daughter will release a CD in which she reads from unpublished letters between the two poets to show their regard for each other. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120117-Anindita-Kazi-Nazrul...JPG
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, enjoys the poetry of a local as he has lunch with villagers after campaigning door-to-door in a Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) village in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in a Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) village with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, walks through mustard fields as he campaigns door-to-door in rural villages with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in rural villages with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, is greeted by a crowd of supporters on motorbikes chanting "long live Ritesh Pandey" as he drives through rural roads in Jalalpur constituency in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, accepts refreshments from villagers after inaugurating a cricket tournament for 20-25 year olds in Saharanpur Umran, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, unwinds as he sits around a fire in his father's cowshed at home after campaigning late into the night in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120120-Ritesh-Pandey-UP-Ele...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they enter the mangrove forests on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they prepare to board a boat on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they prepare to board a boat on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A woman dries her yield outside the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, stands for a portrait at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, stands for a portrait at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • The tribal goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, sits for a portrait with two of her 3 young children at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • (L-R: (blue) Saraswati Saha, 84; unnamed; and (white) Kamla Das, 90) Three elderly women who were the original refugees of The Partition recall being brought to Cooper's Camp on trains and trucks as they gather outside their homes in Cooper's Camp, Nadia district, Ranaghat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. "The government will neither eat us nor spit us out." says Kamla Das. "They dropped us off here (in 1947) and I'm still here!" Over 60 years after the bloody creation of Bangladesh in 1947, refugees who fled what was then known as West Pakistan to India still live as refugees, raising their children as refugees, and standing in line for government handouts..Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, walks with her mother and 3 young children to her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • A fisherman walks along the coastline on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, from the sanctuary across the river to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Heavy traffic of tourist boats are seen beyond a line of mangrove trees on the coast of Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Tourists walk around the coast on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Men gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Indian tourists arrive by boats in droves on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • After Typhoon Alia struck the Sundarbans recently, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • An iconic photo of Nazrul Islam, Anindita Kazi's grandfather, displayed on her reading desk that is decorated with laughing buddhas next to Rabindranath Tagore and Nazrul Islam's images and books, in her house in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, on 17th January, 2012. The West Bengal government's attempts to rename one of its historic buildings after a Bengali poet has met with controversy. Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet's legacy has always been debated, including his relationship with other Indian intellectuals such as Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. In an attempt to quell doubts, Anindita Kazi, Mr Islam's grand daughter will release a CD in which she reads from unpublished letters between the two poets to show their regard for each other. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Anindita Kazi sits for a portrait at her reading desk surrounded by photos and books of her grandfather Kazi Nazrul Islam and Rabindranath Tagore as she holds her mother's recently released book on Nazrul Islam, in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, on 17th January, 2012. The West Bengal government's attempts to rename one of its historic buildings after a Bengali poet has met with controversy. Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet's legacy has always been debated, including his relationship with other Indian intellectuals such as Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. In an attempt to quell doubts, Anindita Kazi, Mr Islam's grand daughter will release a CD in which she reads from unpublished letters between the two poets to show their regard for each other. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Anindita Kazi listens to her yet-to-be-released CD as she speaks of her grandfather Kazi Nazrul Islam and his relationship with India and Rabindranath Tagore as she holds her mother's recently released book on Nazrul Islam, in her house in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, on 17th January, 2012. The West Bengal government's attempts to rename one of its historic buildings after a Bengali poet has met with controversy. Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet's legacy has always been debated, including his relationship with other Indian intellectuals such as Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. In an attempt to quell doubts, Anindita Kazi, Mr Islam's grand daughter will release a CD in which she reads from unpublished letters between the two poets to show their regard for each other. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • A stone elephant statue built by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati is seen covered with yellow tarpaulin during the State Elections in Uttar Pradesh (a Bellwether state), India, on 21st January, 2012. The elephant is a symbol of the BSP party and "press the button, decide the elephant" is a slogan chanted during campaigning. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Stone elephant statues built by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati are seen covered with yellow tarpaulin during the State Elections in Uttar Pradesh (a Bellwether state), India, on 21st January, 2012. The elephant is a symbol of the BSP party and "press the button, decide the elephant" is a slogan chanted during campaigning. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in a Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) village with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in a Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) village with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • A party calendar of BSP Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, is seen hung on the wall in Ajanpara village, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in a village with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in rural villages with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, campaigns door-to-door in rural villages with a crowd of supporters chanting slogans such as "long live Ritesh Pandey" and "press the button, decide the elephant (symbol)" in Ajanpara, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, is greeted by a crowd of supporters on motorbikes chanting "long live Ritesh Pandey" as he drives through rural roads in Jalalpur constituency in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, greets villagers as he drives through rural dirt roads in Saharanpur Umran, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, has a bowl of peas and turmeric milk for breakfast after his daily exercise before campaigning in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 21st January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, unwinds as he pets a cow in his father's cowshed at home after campaigning late into the night in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, speaks with a party worker as he signs cheques at home after campaigning late into the night in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, unwinds as he sits around a fire in his father's cowshed at home after campaigning late into the night in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, unwinds at home after campaigning late into the night in Jalalpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters in Uttar Pradesh, a Bellwether state. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, drives through rural roads in his constituency as he campaigns late into the night in Suhururpur Village, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, waits in his car at a train crossing after campaigning late into the night in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Villagers come to greet Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, through the window as he waits in his car at a train crossing after campaigning late into the night in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, meets with a crowd in his constituency as he campaigns late into the night in Suhururpur Village, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, meets with a crowd in his constituency as he campaigns late into the night in Suhururpur Village, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Minister of Legislative Assembly, Ritesh Pandey, 30, meets with a crowd in his constituency as he campaigns late into the night in Suhururpur Village, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 20th January, 2012. Returning 1.5 years ago after almost 10 years abroad, Pandey is contesting on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that is based on its appeal to Dalit (the lowest Hindu caste) voters. Party leader, Mayawati herself is a Dalit but has recently been giving out more tickets to muslims and high caste candidates in an attempt to woo a larger spectrum of voters. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Honey-gatherers walk along a path bordering the coastline and the water-logged farmlands in Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Honey-gatherers walk along a path bordering the coastline and the water-logged farmlands in Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they prepare to board a boat on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Men gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Men gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, walks out of her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on at dawn by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, speaks of the attack as she sits in front of her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • An idol of the goddess Durga, who is always depicted riding a tiger, in the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • A woman dries her yield outside the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Overview of a river in the India-Bangladesh Border area, in Nadia district, Ranaghat, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. People and products like cows are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Overview of a river in the India-Bangladesh Border area, in Nadia district, Ranaghat, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. People and products like cows are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • (L-R: (blue) Saraswati Saha, 84; unnamed; and (white) Kamla Das, 90) Three elderly women who were the original refugees of The Partition recall being brought to Cooper's Camp on trains and trucks as they gather outside their homes in Cooper's Camp, Nadia district, Ranaghat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. "The government will neither eat us nor spit us out." says Kamla Das. "They dropped us off here (in 1947) and I'm still here!" Over 60 years after the bloody creation of Bangladesh in 1947, refugees who fled what was then known as West Pakistan to India still live as refugees, raising their children as refugees, and standing in line for government handouts..Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • (L-R: (blue) Saraswati Saha, 84; unnamed; and (white) Kamla Das, 90) Three elderly women who were the original refugees of The Partition recall being brought to Cooper's Camp on trains and trucks as they gather outside their homes in Cooper's Camp, Nadia district, Ranaghat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. "The government will neither eat us nor spit us out." says Kamla Das. "They dropped us off here (in 1947) and I'm still here!" Over 60 years after the bloody creation of Bangladesh in 1947, refugees who fled what was then known as West Pakistan to India still live as refugees, raising their children as refugees, and standing in line for government handouts..Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, stands for a portrait with two of her 3 young children at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • (L-R: (blue) Saraswati Saha, 84; unnamed; (white) Kamla Das, 90; (green) Purnima Mandol, 36; and unnamed) Elderly women who were the original refugees of The Partition gather and discuss their unfortunate situation outside their homes in Cooper's Camp, Nadia district, Ranaghat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. "They dropped us off here (over six decades ago) and I'm still here!" says Kamla Das. "We would never want to go back to Bangladesh." Over 60 years after the bloody creation of Bangladesh in 1947, refugees who fled what was then known as West Pakistan to India still live as refugees, standing in line for government handouts..Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, stands for a portrait with two of her 3 young children at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • (L-R: Purnima Mandol, 36, in green; Saraswati Saha, 84, blue shawl; and Kamla Das, 90, white sari) Refugees of The Partition gather and discuss their unfortunate situation outside their homes in Cooper's Camp, Nadia district, Ranaghat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. "I was born here, but I spent my entire life growing up as a refugee. I grew up standing in line for government handouts." says Purnima angrily. Over 60 years after the bloody creation of Bangladesh in 1947, refugees who fled what was then known as West Pakistan to India still live as refugees. .Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Saraswati Saha, 84, a refugee of The Partition discusses her situation with other elderly women in Cooper's Camp, Nadia district, Ranaghat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. She vividly remembers being brought to the refugee camp first by train and then truck. "My daughter has died and I'm still here," she says over and over again. Over 60 years after the bloody creation of Bangladesh in 1947, refugees who fled what was then known as West Pakistan to India still live as refugees, standing in line for government handouts..Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Men load large cows onto a truck at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Widow Mamata Mandol, 26, speaks of her husband's recent death as she sits with other widows near her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Widow Sumitra Mandol (center), 45, speaks of her husband's death as she sits outside her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while hunting illegally in the sanctuary across the river, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Men gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Trash discarded into the mangroves by tourists on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. The trash prevent the mangrove seeds from growing thus allowing the island soil to slip away into the sea. The Sundarban islands and mangroves are sinking, say experts, due to climate change. Locals say they are overwhelmed by tourists' trash that affect the mangroves and sudden changes in weather patterns that have caused such damage that they continue to struggle to recover. One of the islands, once inhabited, has slowly sunk. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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  • Men gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120119-Borders-Cattle-Marke...jpg
  • Men gather to buy and sell cattle at the weekly cattle market that happens in Birohi, a town close to the India-Bangladesh Border, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on 19th January, 2012. The larger cows, priced at almost INR 10,000 (USD 190) each are often smuggled across the porous borders by wading across the rivers to be sold at a profit in Bangladesh. Recently, a torture video of a captured cattle smuggler surfaced on the internet, provoking outrage at the high-handedness of the Indian Border Security Force. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
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