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In certain villages of West Bengal, the rural economy is driven by rather unusual professions. One cluster of craftsmen churns out wigs, another lights, polo balls, boats, shuttlecocks, and jeans. This book chronicles the story of six such rural areas. It celebrates the indomitable spirit of enterprise of rural craftsmen. In certain villages of West Bengal, the rural economy is driven by rather unusual professions. One cluster of craftsmen churns out wigs, another lights...polo balls...boats...shuttlecocks...jeans...In the'

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Payal Mohanka (nee Singh) started her career as a journalist with The Illustrated Weekly of India and spent over a decade with the magazine covering a wide range of subjects. In 1995 she was awarded the prestigious Press Fellowhip to Wolfson College, Cambridge. She then moved to broadcast journalism, reporting for India Business Report on BBC World Service Television and CNBC India for over seven years. In 2002 she made a documentary on Chandernagor, a former French colony, titled Little France on the Hooghly and in 2003 a documentary on Mother Teresa, From Saint to Sainthood, which was selected for the Philadelphia Documentary Film Festival and screened at the Nehru Centre in London. Payal Mohanka has also written for Rediff.Com and The Round Table - the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.

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