Beyond the wall
Following four days in a village, and a day of rest to recover from Bangla belly, our mission team spent two days in a flat in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. The city itself is highly crowded and, despite the on-and-off monsoon rains, never quite manages to look clean.
Our flat was in Banani, which is one of the high-class areas of the city. The block we stayed in was owned by a big pharmaceutical company – it had air conditioning, clean tile floors, elevators, balconies, and comfortable furniture. It was absolute luxury. But, as we climbed the stairs from the carpark, we could look out the window between storeys and see into the block of flats next door. We don’t know whether these were finished or unfinished. It was like looking back into the living conditions in the village. Thinking that people lived like this all the time made the rest of my time in Banani feel a little less comfortable.
Photo taken by friends Q & M, 13th July, 2005.