Every October, men from villages on the edge of the Sundarbans leave for the brickfields, driven out as much by the forest's shrinking rules as by the pull of wages. Left behind, women like Nirmola and Shushila don't simply wait—they run the household, manage money sent home by bKash, and reorganise daily life until April brings the men back. This is the untold half of the Sundarbans migration story.

Every year, the Sundarbans is closed to Bonojibis during June, July, and August, a period that coincides with the breeding season of fish and other aquatic species.

Beyond conservation narratives, Sundarbans Bonojibis imagine the forest as kin, revealing alternative ways of living together.