Visiting a city of paradoxes
Text: Mariam Qureshi
Photography: Courtesy the author and Dirk
Dhaka is a city of paradoxes; on one side we look down the 18 story of Westin Dhaka with all the glitz of an international five star hotel on to the dirtiest slums of the city. On the other hand is a tuk tuk driven by men all around the city whose stamina can match a sprinter performing in the Olympics and on the other hand cars lined up at a traffic signal for no less then forty five minutes. To narrate another contradiction would be that a real string of pearl will cost you as less as 300 Bangladeshi Takkas which would amount to around four hundred Rupees where as a bottle of water can cost you up to 500 BDT. It is a characteristic city with a flavor of its own. Essentially another paradox of the city; it is extremely poverty stricken yet art and culture thrives in abundance.
Photography: Courtesy the author and Dirk
Dhaka is a city of paradoxes; on one side we look down the 18 story of Westin Dhaka with all the glitz of an international five star hotel on to the dirtiest slums of the city. On the other hand is a tuk tuk driven by men all around the city whose stamina can match a sprinter performing in the Olympics and on the other hand cars lined up at a traffic signal for no less then forty five minutes. To narrate another contradiction would be that a real string of pearl will cost you as less as 300 Bangladeshi Takkas which would amount to around four hundred Rupees where as a bottle of water can cost you up to 500 BDT. It is a characteristic city with a flavor of its own. Essentially another paradox of the city; it is extremely poverty stricken yet art and culture thrives in abundance.
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