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Bangladeshi Arts of the Ricksha
Image 9
Waterhole scene (my label--called "jungle scene in Bengali"). This type of image seems to suggest the human contest over resources in a scarcity economy, there are no winners, only antagonists. Rivals threaten each other across the dividing river, which is "samsara", the world of desire.
Dhaka, 1978
© Joanna Kirkpatrick, 1997