Bags of dried flowers

The flowers are originally grown to sell live, especially at festivals. Tons go to waste and are usually washed into the river, causing pollution problems. Rather than going to waste, these will be used to make dye.

Howrah SHG

February 2nd 2008
Saturday-- Wow, what a day! Left at 10, our earliest start so far, and headed out of Kolkata, over the second Howrah Bridge (so-called because it leads from Kolkata into the District of Howrah, still in the State of West Bengal; the first is a cantilevered bridge built by the British). Out into the countryside to Amta. There, we visited with and observed the work of the Self Help Group ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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