In a climate-ravaged Indian village, marginalised farmers sing about ‘floating in tears’ after years of erratic weather

Mehebub Sahana

Geography

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Description

In India’s Sundarbans, farmers have endured over a decade of erratic weather brought on by climate change and evolving farming patterns
Some of them have come together to produce folk music describing the stories of struggle, loss and the resilience of farmers

Period	30 Jul 2023

Media coverage

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Media coverage

Title	In a climate-ravaged Indian village, marginalised farmers sing about ‘floating in tears’ after years of erratic weather
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	South China Morning Post
Media type	Web
Duration/Length/Size	five minutes reading
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	30/07/23
Description	In India’s Sundarbans, farmers have endured over a decade of erratic weather brought on by climate change and evolving farming patterns Some of them have come together to produce folk music describing the stories of struggle, loss and the resilience of farmers
Producer/Author	Sonia Sarkar
URL	https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3229355/climate-ravaged-indian-village-marginalised-farmers-sing-about-floating-tears-after-years-erratic
Persons	Mehebub Sahana

Keywords

Sundarbans
climate change
climate-ravaged Indian village