Arka Sen Episode 1: The River That Stopped Singing Once, there had been a sound. The elders of Sundarpur village used to say that the river had a voice—soft in the mornings, sharp in the afternoons, and almost like a lullaby at night. For generations, the people had measured time not by clocks but by the moods of the river. When its flow was full and forceful, the rice fields shone emerald green. When it slowed, the earth cracked, but never so much that hunger entered their homes. But in the present season, there was no sound at all. Only…