US Peace Corps Volunteers happy to see changes in rural Bengal

A former member of US Peace Corps Volunteers has said that there have been some great changes in the rural pockets of West Bengal since the Peace Corps' last visit to the state five decades ago.

"There have been changes from what we had initially seen in Bengal's countryside. People have worked very hard and there are signs of economic prosperity, from bamboo house to brick ones," Revd Tom Macmeekin told

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