Word: faridpur
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...Leaving the road behind, I entered a strange world where water is seasonal king and the only transport is a large, cane-covered canoe known as the country boat. For seven hours we plied deeper into Gopalganj subdivision in southern Faridpur district. The two wiry oarsmen found their way by taking note of such landmarks as a forlornly decaying maharajah's palace and giant butterfly nets hovering like outsized flamingos on stilt legs at water's edge...
...difficult by hundreds of marshes and rivers, the three Sikorsky twin-turbine helicopters will reduce travel time dramatically: the 25-hour river trip that is now the shortest way between Dacca and Chalna will be cut to 45 minutes by air, the 22-hour surface trip from Dacca to Faridpur to 17 minutes...
Narendra Nath Sen Gupta '13, Richard Manning Hodges, Tetulea, Faridpur, Bengal, India, National College, (Bengal, India...
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