On one single day of Eid ul Azha, an estimated three million animals, mostly cows, are slaughtered in Bangladesh, the second largest Muslim country in the world after Indonesia. Probably nowhere in the world are so many cows sacrificed in such a short period of time. Next in line for the event come the sacrifices […]
A journey through the waters of ancient Dhaka The 27th Vice Chancellor of the Dhaka University, Dr AAMS Arefin looked visibly disturbed. The BIWTA pontoon on which Dr Arefin, distinguished guests and scores of journalists stood at Badamtoli on September 19, was far from pleasant. The 62-year old intellectual’s annoyance was, in fact, triggered by […]
Ganesh has one of the strangest ways of making a living. He traps gangetic mud eels, locally known as Kuicha. As he walks along the city’s peripheral villages, his eyes are fixed on the shallow fresh water along the roads. He occasionally wades into the water knowing exactly where he is going and picks up […]
Vakurta, a village hardly 30 minutes away from the center of the capital, makes itself proud. The entire village is home to one of the largest hubs of traditional jewelry makers in the south Asian region. Some of the finest artisans in the trade, about 50,000 men, women and children carve out traditional jewelries out […]
