By Dhaka Correspondent at 9 April, 2008, 10:36 am
Inhabitants of a slum located at Bizli Mohalla in Mohammadpur starts to live in the open sky after Housing Authority demolishes it declaring it as illegal one. Dhaka, Bangladesh. April 09 2008.
Photo- © Tanvir Ahmed /*Drik*NEWS
“37 years of my life have been spent in Bangladesh. Pakistan did not keep its promise, so why should I not myself call a Bangladeshi.” Parvin Begum, Geneva camp of Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Photo- Noor Alam, DRIK News
“The thing I found most interesting was that there were definitely more women voters than men voters. I spoke to one voter called Rahima who was carrying a tiny baby. She told me that she was suffering from a leg injury and she had a small child but she was still adamant about voting. I asked her why voting was so important to her. She told me that she had very few rights in her life so when she was given an opportunity to exercise her right, she was not going to waste it.”
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