'Rongbaji' on Rickshaws
Photos and text: Meye Network
Why rickshaw paint?
Because, rickshaws are an integral component of our city lives. The images painted on rickshaws have always been a colorful reflection of the historical, cultural, social issues of our times.
As they shared it with a few friends from 'Meye' (Bengali word for girl), a womens' network, Azka Eshita and Smita Das came up with an elaborate plan. The initial plan was to motivate rickshaw painters to paint the slogans on rickshaws, so that these rickshaws could carry the message around the TSC area, where the incidents of sexual assault carried out against women on Pahela Baishakh festivities took place last year. We came across some people who could and wanted to help, and 'Rongbaji' came together in just one week. We hope that words will thus roam around places and find their ways into people's thought leading us to a better tomorrow.
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