Indigenous Women in Bangladesh — exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Mahmud
Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by bmeggitt in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Events, Photography, Responsible Travel
Click here for the full size flyer. Over 50 different indigenous societies live in Bangladesh, scattered around country. Among them, their female members are perhaps some of the people most excluded from the rest of society, in terms of education, health care and government resources. Mahmud, of MAP Photo Agency, has photographed these populations for [...]
Vedic Village: Luxury escape just over the border at Kolkata
Posted on 02. Aug, 2008 by bmeggitt in Free Travel Tips
~story by Belinda Meggitt~ To see more photos, click here. My bags bounced around me in the car as we bumped along the rural road. About 20 minutes later after leaving the main highway, I landed in the lap of Vedic Village’s luxury. I’d just survived a near collision with a rickshaw wallah bearing bamboo [...]
Walk For Those Who Cannot: Sponsored walk for CRP
Posted on 27. Feb, 2008 by bmeggitt in Events
~story by Belinda Meggitt~ Patients at CRP go through a rigorous rehabilitation process to assist their reintegration into mainstream society. See more photos here. Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), based at Savar, has worked extensively throughout Bangladesh since the 70s to improve the care of People with Disabilities (PWD), especially the paralysed. [...]
Bangladesh: Vexing Visa Issues
Posted on 30. Dec, 2007 by bmeggitt in Visas
Are you plotting to inflict grievous bodily damage to the visa officer at the Bangladesh’s immigration office due to intense visa frustration or simply ready to leave Bangladesh for good? If so, cancel that plane ticket and put away that cricket bat—we have some answers for you.
Kuakata: the deep south
Posted on 24. Dec, 2007 by bmeggitt in Best of Bangladesh
See more Kuakata photos.. Bangladesh’s deep South is dappled by religious conservatism and indigenous unease. As one of Bangladesh’s rapidly growing tourist destinations, Kuakata offers a calm respite from Dhaka’s suffocating intensity, without the commercialisation of Cox’s Bazar. Located 320km south of Dhaka and 70km south of Patuakhali, Kuakata is connected to the rest of [...]
