Tag Archive for: Sonargaon
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,…
Voyage Through Nature, by Shahnaz Parvin
Remember the last trip I went to Sonargaon, the ancient capital of Bengal, where little boys were floating like lily flower. While coming back from there I suddenly saw these boys in the middle of rice paddy field. They were just opposite to…