Seasonal Cowboys by Shahnaz Parvin
Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide. And before that day in Bangladesh our children wait for the cow, they like to walk like cowboys with the cows from haat (cow market) to…
The Scent of Ancient Dust
The smell of dry earth after a long-awaited rain is a heavy, metallic sweetness that clings to the back of the throat. It is the scent of history settling into the pores of the skin. I remember the feeling of rough, sun-baked stone beneath…
Kambala, a Village Sports by Achintya Guchhait
This photo is taken at a remote village called Vandar, near Udupi, India. Kambala as the sports is called, involves the best pairs of buffaloes and the fittest of farmers of the neighboring villages. They are run over a prepared muddy field/track.…