Smoky Factories and its People

Even in this modern world and computer age, the `It Bhatar Shromik' (Brick kiln labours) live like slaves. No one is there to fight for their rights. No one is there to help them in making bricks by using the latest technology. As a result emission of air pollutants like carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides for burning coal in kilns causes to respiratory ailments. These chemicals attack the body’s immune system, affecting its ability to fight infection. These photographs has taken in Dhaka & Gazipur.

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Leather Hell of Dhaka

Tannery industries of Hazaribagh situated in a heavily populated residential area. Inside the factories, shirtless workers stretch freshly dyed sheets of goat and cattle hide across industrial drying racks. But outside, under the glaring sun, it’s clear who’s paying the price. Conditions are nightmarish for the 16,000-plus tannery workers, whose first and secondary exposures to harsh chemicals are said to have reduced life expectancy to less than 50. In the bowels of the M/B Tannery, employees without gloves load chemicals such as chromium and sodium formate into giant churning drums of animal hides. 

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The Holy Evening

Hundreds of Hindu devotees pray to God in front of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachar Ashram temple at Baradi, Narayanganj during the Kartik Brato or Rakher Upobash. During this festival Hindu devotees fast and pray in earnest to the gods for their favors. These photographs were taken on November 4, 2014.

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Self-portraits

A Sacred Evening

Hundreds of Hindu devotees pray to God in front of Baba Lokanath Temple at Swamibagh, Dhaka during the Kartik Brato or Rakher Upobash. During this festival Hindu devotees fast and pray in earnest to the gods for their favors. These photographs were taken on November 11, 2014.

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Bundles of 'Shapla'

The national flower of Bangladesh is Shapla (Water Lily). Shapla is a flower floating at ease in almost every water bodies of the country. Beels haors, brooks, ponds etc. are abodes of this flower. In Bangladesh this beautiful flower is mainly used as vegetable. Farmers in many parts of Bangladesh provide bundles of Water Lily to meet the demand of consumers. They don't need to crop Water Lilies; they collect them from lakes and ponds in Monsoon season. These photos were taken in Sreenagar Upazila of Munshiganj, near Dhaka of 5th August, 2014.     

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A Great Departure

Hindu devotees immerse the idol of Goddess Durga in the Buriganga River in Dhaka on 4 October, 2014 marking the end of the Durga Puja, is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga.

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