Tazeen Qureshy

“I have taught at least three generations from the same family," says Nanda Prusty of Kantira village in Odisha’s Jajpur district, approximately 100 km from the capital city of Bhubaneswar

After the lockdown was imposed a number of labourers were stuck in a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu. But 19-year-old Manasi Bariha was having none of it.

With a supportive family and financial independence, a caring husband and loving child, life has come a full circle for Meghna.

Within two years, three peacocks became five, and the number kept increasing. There are almost 100 peacocks there today, prompting the area to be called as ‘Peacock Valley.’