NEW DELHI -- Deepak Chakraborty has watched his stock of woolen blouses -- once a winter wardrobe essential for women -- gather dust instead of attracting customers since December last year. The unsold stock is a painful reminder for the 50-year-old of how the early arrival of summer led to a loss of over 30,000 rupees ($350) in just three months.
Chakraborty, who sells the tops at a bustling wholesale market in Howrah in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, is one of many business owners struggling to cope with unseasonal and extreme heat driven by climate change.
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