"Amrao Manush : Pavement Dwellers" (by Shehab Uddin)

A group of pavement dwellers entertaining themselves in Osmani Uddyan (a park in Dhaka) singing “We eat in the hotels, sleep in the streets, we are rogue vagabonds, our home is in Gulistan and our house is in Osmani.” 2007, Osmani Uddyan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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A group of pavement dwellers entertaining themselves in Osmani Uddyan (a park in Dhaka) singing “We eat in the hotels, sleep in the streets, we are rogue vagabonds, our home is in Gulistan and our house is in Osmani.” 2007, Osmani Uddyan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A group of pavement dwellers sleep on the veranda of Mirpur Mazar (Shrine) market. They do not know each other but sleep together like a family. They will have to get up very early in the morning before the shopkeepers arrive and chase them away. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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A group of pavement dwellers sleep on the veranda of Mirpur Mazar (Shrine) market. They do not know each other but sleep together like a family. They will have to get up very early in the morning before the shopkeepers arrive and chase them away. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A pavement dweller, working as a porter, unloads vegetables at dawn from trucks coming from different parts of the country at Kawran Bazaar in Dhaka. A large number of pavement dwellers, in Kawran Bazaar work round the clock as porters. 2007, Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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A pavement dweller, working as a porter, unloads vegetables at dawn from trucks coming from different parts of the country at Kawran Bazaar in Dhaka. A large number of pavement dwellers, in Kawran Bazaar work round the clock as porters. 2007, Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Pavement dwellers, queuing at a public toilet in the morning, in Paltan. In cities designed for the wealthy, the poor struggle to retain their dignity. 2007, Paltan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Pavement dwellers, queuing at a public toilet in the morning, in Paltan. In cities designed for the wealthy, the poor struggle to retain their dignity. 2007, Paltan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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The Mazar (Shrine) authorities supplies free meals for about 300 people at lunchtime everyday, on first-come first-serve basis. For many of the pavement dwellers around the Mazar, this is the only secure meal of the day. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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The Mazar (Shrine) authorities supplies free meals for about 300 people at lunchtime everyday, on first-come first-serve basis. For many of the pavement dwellers around the Mazar, this is the only secure meal of the day. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Neighbours sharing moments. They come from different parts of the country, but live together like a family. 2007, Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Neighbours sharing moments. They come from different parts of the country, but live together like a family. 2007, Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Rabeya, a physically handicapped woman, begging for alms. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Rabeya, a physically handicapped woman, begging for alms. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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With help from a neighbour, a mother cleans her baby’s excrement of her child with a cloth but no water. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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With help from a neighbour, a mother cleans her baby’s excrement of her child with a cloth but no water. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A young man massaging his sick friend with 'tel pora' (blessed oil). They have been friends for four months, strangely however they do not know each others names. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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A young man massaging his sick friend with 'tel pora' (blessed oil). They have been friends for four months, strangely however they do not know each others names. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A rickshaw-van puller sleeps on his van, wrapped in a plastic sheet to ward off mosquitoes and rain. 2007, Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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A rickshaw-van puller sleeps on his van, wrapped in a plastic sheet to ward off mosquitoes and rain. 2007, Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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An angry lover beats his ex-lover for not returning the money he spent to release her from police custody, after she was arrested as a sex worker. No one around comes forward to help. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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An angry lover beats his ex-lover for not returning the money he spent to release her from police custody, after she was arrested as a sex worker. No one around comes forward to help. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Marjina, a sex worker, posing for photograph. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Marjina, a sex worker, posing for photograph. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A boy sleeping on the stairs of the market near the Mazar gate. He will have to leave early in the morning before the shopkeepers arrive and chase them away. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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A boy sleeping on the stairs of the market near the Mazar gate. He will have to leave early in the morning before the shopkeepers arrive and chase them away. 2007, Mirpur Mazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Champa with her son Ridoy, running to meet me. At first, she was very reluctant but soon she became quite willing, to pose in front of the camera. To trust or distrust some one is a matter of whimsy for her like others pavements dwellers. 2008, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Champa with her son Ridoy, running to meet me. At first, she was very reluctant but soon she became quite willing, to pose in front of the camera. To trust or distrust some one is a matter of whimsy for her like others pavements dwellers. 2008, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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The platform of Kamlapur rail station also used to be a common place for shelter at night for the pavement dwellers, but these people are no longer allowed to sleep here either. I have been taking photos of pavement dwellers since 2005. Since then I have observed that while the number of pavement dwellers is increasing, place where the can is shrinking every year making it more and more difficult for the to survive. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:07:20 +0000

The platform of Kamlapur rail station also used to be a common place for shelter at night for the pavement dwellers, but these people are no longer allowed to sleep here either. I have been taking photos of pavement dwellers since 2005. Since then I have observed that while the number of pavement dwellers is increasing, place where the can is shrinking every year making it more and more difficult for the to survive. 2007, Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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