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Write a short note on Nilima’s work at Lusibari.
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Solution
- Mashima, meaning aunt - Nirmal and Nilima, reached Lusibari in 1950 and due to Nirmal’s revolutionary activities, they decided to settle in Lusibari.
- Nilima spoke with local women and was appalled to learn that many became widows in their twenties and pre-emptively dressed as widows when their husbands went out to sea.
- A union named “Badabon Development Trust” - social service - quite practical and did not react against the government fearing to lose its support for her trust.
- Accepted Piya’s plan to develop a conservation and research plan based in Lusibari - funding for the Babadon Trust and work with the locals.
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