Source: Guardian
Country: Bangladesh
Floodwaters that used to create fertile ground for rice crops have become violent and random – with catastrophic consequences
Majeda lays out the food that has to keep her and her two young children going for the next 10 days. It is an illustration of a life led close to disaster. There are a dozen potatoes, all of them covered in wormholes, a couple of kilos of low-quality rice, some withered aubergines and a few radishes. On a normal day, the family uses a kilo of rice, and Majeda is already skipping meals to keep the children fed. "There are times when my children cry because of hunger; I have to lie to them that food is coming soon," she says.
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