"Mujeres valientes en Sundarbans: Luchan para salvar a sus hijos del ahogamiento en los humedales de India"

Hace 16 años, en los implacables Sundarbans, un extenso y severo delta compuesto por 100 islas en el estado de Bengala Occidental, su hijo Ajit, que apenas comenzaba a dar sus primeros pasos, estaba lleno de vitalidad: juguetón, inquieto y profundamente curioso sobre el mundo que lo rodeaba.

That morning, like so many others, the family was busy with their daily chores. Mangala had fed Ajit breakfast and taken him to the kitchen as she cooked. Her husband was out buying vegetables, and her ailing mother-in-law rested in another room.

But little Ajit, always eager to explore, slipped away unnoticed. Mangala shouted for her mother-in-law to watch him, but there was no reply. Minutes later, when she realised how quiet it had become, panic set in.