GAWHATI, India -- When 42-year-old Manoj Talukdar returned to his home in Medhikuchi in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, he found everything washed away -- his house, along with the six cows and more than 2,000 chickens that had been his family's only source of income.
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Manoj Talukdar observes the devastation in Assam. "I have lost my life's savings" due to the flooding, he told Nikkei Asia. (Photo by Sasanka Talukdar)
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