West Bengal’s Hooghly district as they still sow, harvest,
thresh and store sesame crop in the traditional way. As a
result, they have to immediately sell after harvest rather than
hold back their produce as do some of their counterparts
elsewhere in the country. Photos — A. Roy Chowdhury
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