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Water Seeping Up From Underneath The Earth Causes Cracks In Joshimath’s Constructions

Sayani ChakrabortyJanuary 26, 20230

Over the course of time, water, whether it is precipitation or the trash of adjacent towns, frequently accumulates in the hills and transforms into a deadly force. This water is funnelled into some kind of reservoir that was built in the vacuum far below the surface of the planet. It becomes a force to be reckoned with over time as it fills up, and it causes problems not only in the region above or below it, but also for places through which it passes, wreaking havoc here and there in particular when it rushes out in speed. In other words, it becomes a force to be reckoned with. This imperceptible accumulation of water is generated inside the vacuum under the surface, where it waits to be discovered. Because, in my opinion, a vacuum has developed underneath Joshimath, water is le...

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Threats To Future Of Handloom Industry And Indian Heritage

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 18, 20220

English artisans resisted the widespread adoption of mechanisation at the turn of the nineteenth century out of concern that they would be rendered obsolete. This event is known as the Luddite uprising. Since then, handicrafts like weaving have been threatened by the rise of the machine age. Every Bengali child born in the 20th century has memorised Rabindranath Tagore's folk-rhyme "The house of the weaver, turned into the house of frogs; Eating, singing happily ever, The tadpoles of croaking frogs," which eloquently depicts the plight of the handloom weavers (Tanti in Bengali). The song describes how handlooms became extinct with the invention of the power loom. The weavers had given up their jobs. Due of the lack of handloom, their workplace has turned into a frog breeding ground. ...