The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
The poor boatmen, who live on the banks of the river Buriganga, the most polluted river in Bangladesh, for many generations, earn their livelihood by ferrying people across the river. Lack of having other skills and lack of literacy, prevents them from having other source of income. The Government has done very less in terms of literacy or health. Threatened by modernization these boatmen and their families form an amazing story of survival and preservation of traditions.
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Boatmen of the river Buriganga

Boatmen of the river Buriganga, Bangladesh

Prabuddha Paul
photographer Ahmedabad/ Mumbai/Kolkata, India