https://www.scmp.com/rss/509904/feed Namrata Acharya is an independent journalist based in Kolkata, India. Previously she worked as an assistant editor with Business Standard newspaper. She writes on issues related to the economy, finance, public policy, and environment. In 2019, her work on the Sundarbans won the C R Irani Award for Environment Reporting. She was been a part of several international fellowships, including the World Press Institute fellowship, USA, in 2011 and Media Ambassador India-Germany Fellowship in 2017. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Gaur Hari Parua, a farmer on the tiny Indian island of Ghoramara, remembers the days when the northern parts of the land stretched as far as the eye could see. “There were houses, open fields and stretches of farmlands,” said Parua, who has lived on the island in the Sundarban delta region for the past 40 years. “It all disappeared one by one.” With an area of about 5 square kilometres, Ghoramara is only a fraction larger than New York’s Central Park. Massive erosion driven by rising sea levels... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3134368/indias-ghoramara-island-shrinks-so-do-residents-hope?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3134368/indias-ghoramara-island-shrinks-so-do-residents-hope?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 May 2021 07:00:07 +0000