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From hoes to begging bowls: drought hits Assam farmers

Until recently, 55-year-old Biswajit Bora made a modest living growing paddy on his two- acre plot in Assam's Nagaon district and managed to feed his family of six. Today Bora goes from house to house with a begging bowl for survival.1:01 PM on July 17