Rayerbazar-Basila, Dhaka, Bangladesh
it was another morning walk with a camera in hand..... its become almost a weekend aim for me if there was nothing else to tie me up.... and like most other times, Gazi Bhai accompanied me..... we woke up at 6:00AM and went up to the Beri Badh area of Mohammadpur and started walking towards the Third Buriganga Bridge at Basila..... the weather was mild enough because of the overcast condition from dawn..... but unlike the northern parts of the country, there was no rain..... some people were still at their sleep when we were crossing them..... the overcast condition helped them somewhat I believe....
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| From Rayerbazar-Basila, 14 May 2010 |
idle morning.........
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| From Rayerbazar-Basila, 14 May 2010 |
the struggle for the basics......
the city dwellers have struggled, especially the ones on the edge..... this struggle includes the scarcity of basic necessities..... clean water has always been one of the toughest elements to get for them, especially during the dry months of April-May..... we found evidence of this struggle at a road-side water source...... slum-dwellers had been queuing up with all their pots to get water...... the source is a deep tube-well, setup by some local influential.... he's been selling this service to the people at Tk 100 per month per family.... the families can take an unlimited amount of water, but their have to stand in line, and have to wait for the time when the services are provided...... the tap is open from 6:00AM to 12:00PM, and again, from 3:00PM to 6:00PM..... we found the line small enough to get some snaps at ease..... this is the time when most of the people are off to work.... the queues usually start to reach their limits during the afternoon, when most people come back from their jobs...... we've seen that kind of snaps in newspapers..... this is where the the people on the edge get pushed overboard!!
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| From Rayerbazar-Basila, 14 May 2010 |
elements......
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| From Rayerbazar-Basila, 14 May 2010 |
king of the desert!!
we continued to walk towards the Buriganga bridge........ this is a road that we've strolled many times....... the scenes are no surprise.... yet, we always see different things; at least, I have..... the mark of a drought was frequent and visible.....
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| From Rayerbazar-Basila, 14 May 2010 |
the old battle-lines......
we stopped our journey on the bridge...... again, this wasn't something new..... also, the boats at the Basila end of the bridge were also not new..... just that their number seemed ever so smaller...... the motor-boats were still surviving because of their unique offers...... the above picture has a motor-boat at the top end of the line....
on board the bridge we called it a day..... the photowalk was hardly for a couple of hours.... it was short, but refreshing.... and also, a learning, as always....
