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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Many Mizo villages are surviving on one meal a day.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Many Mizo villages are surviving on one meal a day.

Bamboo bloom spells doom for Mizoram villages

In an election year, Mizoram is facing its worst famine in years. Following a bamboo flowering phenomenon and an increase in rat population, there has been an acute shortage of food grains.

PRAY TO SAVE: Women of the village are praying to ward off mautam and the ill luck that it brings along.

Bamboo sprouts disaster in Bihar

The residents of Sirsi village are praying to save their crops from the mysterious flowering of the bamboo trees.

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