The tangerine hue of sunset paints the canvas both above and below the horizon. Gentle waves in the water sway the rickety boat. Silhouettes of odd poles, used for fishing and anchoring boats, jut out of the lake bed. I’m in Chupi Char, an ox bow lake formed by the water of river Ganga in Purbasthali village of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal. Where exactly is Chupi Char? By road Chupi Char is around 128 kilometres north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal in India. Purbasthali is the nearest railway station on the Bandel-Katwa line. Battery rickshaws, known as “totos” in this part of the world, take passengers…