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By Umme Sayeda Rivers, as Bengal’s nurturing mother, shaped the soul of this land and cultural landscape. The ever-flowing water and fertile sediments formed the entire Bengal region, nourishing the Indus Valley civilization to today’s Bengali civilization. Over centuries, from sediments to sentiments to culture, rivers sketched this delta’s people’s values and belief system, art and literature, and countless folk tales. The mighty Indus and Ganges rivers, each stretching from the great Himalayas, scratched a 700,000 km2 fertile plain, the Indo-Gangetic Plain. These rivers like artists created…