Editorial photo #13734474 Human Interest

Himalayan Hamlet Sillery Gaon - Education

Children in school uniforms head to school with an Eacho car, escorted by their guardians, on a road lined with flowering trees in Kashyone, West Bengal, India, on April 16, 2026. Sillery Gaon, a Himalayan hamlet in West Bengal's 'Silk Route Circuit,' is located at 6,000 feet in the Kalimpong District and is surrounded by the Pankhasari range forest. The village, originally a British-era Cinchona plantation, is home to about 30 families and has a 74% literacy rate, with many children attending schools in nearby towns for higher education. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)