The Hungry Tide
Mangrove Forests
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Despite Sundarban meaning ‘beautiful forest’, the mangrove forests are hostile and treacherous. With tigers, crocodiles, and snakes killing regularly, the forests are symbolic of the daily struggles the people who live in the Sundarbans face.