Bangladesh- you contain a world of stories!
It makes sense that a place known for being densely packed with people would also be packed with their stories.
So many people I encountered living truly challenging lives, jobs that are the hardest I’ve ever seen being performed right in front of me. At the same time, even the exhaustion couldn’t override the Bengali spirit.
Resilience is a word that often gets misused. It’s admirable, but sometimes we let that warmth of admiration obscure our sense of urgency to remove the conditions that demand resilience from a population. Still, it’s impossible not to use the word when confronted with the hard, full-hearted stories up and down the Buriganga River.