Bobita is a hijra (transsexual). She lives by singing and dancing at other people's functions. Almost all her income is spent on her lover Biplob. She pays for all his day-to-day expenses, in exchange of just alittle love. Narayanganj, 1999.
...Whenever I take photographs of village children in schools learning English compulsorily, or document NGO efforts to 'eradicate' poverty, I am facing my post-colonial reality every step of the way. As a member of my class, I have the 'proper' education, even the knowledge of photography. But if I am to go beyond what photographers-men have done before me, I must create my own set of visual codes, my language of representation...
Sameera Huque
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