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Photo Credits Bon Bibi Legend
and 'Ethnic Cleansing' of India's Forests



PAGE: Bon Bibi Legend and 'Ethnic Cleansing' of India's Forests

Photo No A: Tiger, originally from Sundarbans - photographer: Cburnett - Creative Commons

Photo No B: Sundarbans at sunset - photographer: Joiseyshowaa – Creative Commons

Photo No C: Boat in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh - photographer: Bri Vos - Creative Commons

Photo No D: Sundarbans rain forest Mangroves, are so thick here that it is absolutely dark under the tree cover a few metres inside. This little cove shows how dense things really are. The tide is now at mid-level, and the "breathing roots" are clearly visible here. – photographer: V. Malik from New Delhi and Pune, India – Creative Commons

Photo No E: Big croc at Sundarbans crocodile breeding center – Anirban Biswas – Creative Commons

Photo No F: Ban Bibi, the sacred godess of Sundarbans - V. Malik from New Delhi and Pune, India - Creative Commons

Photo No G: People at a small boat in the Sunderbans in Bangladesh. – photographer: Frances Voon – Creative Commons



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