Santali to English:
"ᱚᱱᱟ ᱚᱠᱛᱮ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ, "᱑᱙᱔᱕ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱛᱮᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, "ᱠᱳᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱜᱤᱨᱟᱹᱵᱟᱹᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱚᱢᱧᱩ ᱠᱷᱮᱛᱨᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱤᱡᱽ ᱵᱚᱱᱫᱮᱡ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱵᱷᱚᱨᱥᱟ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾"
"From that moment," the 1945 report stated, "the ordinary trade machinery could not be relied upon to feed Calcutta."