The village that just got its first fridge

A tailor from village of Rameshwarpur, just outside Calcutta in north-east India. buy's his first fridge

Santosh Chowdhury has bought a new fridge - not just his first but also the first in the entire community of 200 people. "Owning a fridge is quite rare in a village like ours," he says. Ours is the first generation to own a fridge in my family, No one in my father's and grandfather's time had ever seen one." He added.  see more pix 

Rameshwarpur has a distinctly rural feel. People bathe in a pond in the middle of the village, children fly kites in the dusty lanes. The homes are little more than simple huts, made of mud and brick. But the village has electricity and many houses have televisions.  Read the full story here

Congratulations for making history Santosh Chowdhury !!!