‘Beauty alone cannot feed family’: Why Uttarakhand’s villages are falling silent
Image Credit: Special Arrangement/ Ashutosh Dhasmana DEHARDUN: At the end of Pather Panchali,(a Satyajit Ray classic) when Apu’s family leaves the village, a snake silently enters their abandoned home. The moment is haunting in its simplicity: a house is never truly empty.When humans leave, nature enters. The home changes ownership — from memory to wilderness.Across…