Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal): Nandarani Mahanto, an old lady from South Dinajpur is living on 10-12 cups of tea a day, preferably milk tea. She is also fond of paan. The story started around 30 years back. Her only son left Bengal and shifted in Bangladesh. And from then on, Nandarani completely stopped having rice or any sort of heavy meal. She is now only living on Paan and milk tea. And sometimes her diet includes puffed rice also, locally known as muri.
The 67 years old Nandarani Mahanta resides in Malcha Ashrampara of Balurghat. About 30 years ago, Nandarani's only son Ranjit Mahanta left for Bangladesh due to some family issues with the relatives. Since then, Nandarani never had a single bite of rice. Now 30 years have passed. Not only rice, but she does not eat any heavy food also.
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The 67 years old lady sells the puffed rice in the nearby marketplace. The interesting fact is that the lady is completely fit. Doctors say it is possible. The secret behind this is the lady drinks a huge amount of milk-tea regularly. Milk contains carbohydrate, protein and most of the vital nutrients except iron. The sugar in the tea provides her with the required calories for her body.
