
Songs of Survival Lost: How Climate Change is Erasing Bangladesh’s Folk Traditions
When the monsoon rains arrive late, farmer Subir Mandal doesn’t sing. For generations, his family celebrated Barsha Mangal—songs for the rains—to bless their crops. But now, with droughts strangling his land, the songs feel like a cruel joke. “The soil is silent, and so are we,” he says. Across Bangladesh, climate change isn’t just destroying…