From Kerala to Karachi
For more than a century, betel leaves from Tirur in Kerala have beenmuch in demand in the paan mandis of Pakistan. But rising train fares,Indo-Pak tensions and the demand for paan masala have seenthese paan mandis reduced to memories. Mustafa, 57, a betel farmer in Tirur, steps into the fields every morning with a prayer that the friendship between India and Pakistan should last and grow.
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