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A Very Hungry Tide
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Photos: Sandipan Chatterjee; Text: Debarshi Dasgupta
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The Sunderbans are the world’s largest mangrove forests. They are spread over 10,000 sq km in India and Bangladesh. On the Indian side, there are 100 islands; of them 54 are inhabitated. Sagar is the biggest (500 sq km) and it houses over 200,000 people. It is also home to a rich variety of flora and fauna such as the Royal Bengal Tiger and the Blue Fiddler crab.
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Other Photoessays
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World Sports 2008
The Olympians, the rivals, the record breakers, the toppers, the heroes, the ones who provided much needed distraction in these bleak times
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World 2008
It was clearly an year of change with democracy seemingly triumphing with elections in Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan, Zimbabwe...and, of course, the USA
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Terror 2008
The year began with a terrorist attack on CRPF camp in Rampur on January 1, 2008. And then it came calling with sickening regularity in Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai...
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Cricket 2008
And then there were three. The year saw two of the Fab-Five retire, and if MSD took the team to new heights, Dravid's disappointments with the bat were made up by Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag
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Movies 2008
The hits and the misses -- the hot bods, the new faces, the more than pretty faces, those on the other side of the camera -- and of the border
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Sports 2008
India had their best Olympics ever, winning three medals, including the country's first gold in an individual event. There was lots of good news, including the fact that to get rid of KPS Gill as the president of the Indian Hockey Federation, they got rid of the federation itself!
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Business 2008
From Nano -- launched in January, lynched in August -- Jaguar and Land Rover acquisition deals, through IPL, farmers bailout, new airports and so on, it all seemed hunky dory till the Reliance Power IPO...
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Trouncing Terror
Congress retains Delhi with a hat-trick for Sheila Dikshit and wins Rajasthan and Mizoram. BJP retains Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
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The Nightmare Returns
An unprecedented series of co-ordinated terror attacks targetting Mumbai's iconic landmarks leaves over 100 dead. And yet the city's horrors do not end with the night.
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Smells Like Team Spirit
The young Indian team in transition won back the Border-Gavaskar trophy in style. The series was won 2-0, but there were many moments other than elation -- of drama, tragedy, action and emotion...
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