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(Photo credit: Sinjinee Chatterjee)
Reema was deeply asleep when her smartphone’s alarm began ringing. A millennial entrepreneur, she was in Darjeeling to close a lucrative deal. Waking up, she opened the curtain of her hotel room in sixth floor. A magnificent view of the snow-capped Mount Kanchenjunga appeared; a world battered by a pandemic and an ongoing war, the nature remained beautiful.
Soon, the irony appeared. This Himalayan town was developed by the colonial power to escape the summer heat of the plains. Now the climate-change, brought on by rampant western industrialization, has been burning past colonial capitals. Mother Nature was warning all along.
Soon, the irony appeared. This Himalayan town was developed by the colonial power to escape the summer heat of the plains. Now the climate-change, brought on by rampant western industrialization, has been burning past colonial capitals. Mother Nature was warning all along.
