"The potter community of Bengal with a thousand years of history is going to be lost due to the encroachment of environment-threatening plastic."
The thousand-year-old tradition of pottery in the Indian subcontinent is now under threat. With the market being flooded with plastic in the evolution of civilization, today this Pal community is becoming displaced.
Jagannath Paul
Self
Kanchan Rani Paul
Self
Bikash Chandra Paul
Self
The thousand-year-old tradition of pottery in the Indian subcontinent is now under threat. With the market being flooded with plastic in the evolution of civilization, today this Pal community is becoming displaced.
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