Tag Archive for: Bangladesh
Running Back Home by Shahnaz Parvin
I was on a riksha, on the way to see jute cultivation in Munshiganj, and suddenly saw them. Just after their school finished; they were running, running like nothing else to their homes. Some were carrying fish, or groceries that their parents…
The Puller by Shahnaz Parvin
Once on the way to Sonargoan, the Dhaka – Chittagong highway, I saw this man with a pulling van carrying an enormous amount of empty drums. I was on an auto riksa and asked my driver to stop. I got down but the highway was full with other…
Weaver’s Hand by Shahnaz Parvin
In front of Jamdani Sharee shop, inside the Sonargaon Folk Art and Culture Museum, I found some weavers were weaving sharee. They were sitting before their rickety looms and working on what was once the prized possession of every Bangalee woman,…