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'Tiger widows' of South Asia's Sundarbans wilderness

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Mahima Kapoor in West Bengal
April 10, 2023

The Sundarbans, the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest, is home to the Royal Bengal tiger. For the people who depend on the forest for a living, contact with the ferocious predators is a deadly risk.

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