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Shibu Nandi runs a conch shop in North Kolkata's Bagbazar area. It was established by his father after migrating from Dhaka during partition. Sixty-one year old Nandi, who was once involved in the rights movement of artisans in West Bengal and led a lobby group for conch workers, is now disillusioned about the future of the trade. Shibu Nandi knows it’s the end of the road. Neither his daughter nor his nephew (brother’s son) will pursue his ancestral conch business.

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A conch cutter making conch bangles at a workshop in Bagbazar, Kolkata. (Courtesy: Indranil Bhoumik)

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