It is in Calcutta, the most populous city in the eastern part of India, that we will follow the daily ordeal of certain inhabitants who have no choice but to face the most thankless and perilous tasks. India is also the paradise of snakes, more than 150 species live there in the vastness of this territory... Among them, the most widespread but also the most dangerous: the cobra, in the suburbs of Calcutta, we will follow Alil , charmer and snake hunter. Jharia, a “ghost village” in the district of Megahalaya, does not officially exist. It lies at the foot of the Kusunda Coal Mine. Every day, an endless line of trucks comes to load their precious merchandise. A horde of small hands then immediately descends on their cargo.