Mashruk Ahmad

The border between Bangladesh and India is not just a fence of steel and wire – it is a scar across collective memory, a forgotten chapter written not in ink, but in blood.

Each piece of clothing sewn tells a story of intense labour. Each tea leaf plucked whispers about unjust pay and the enduring shadows of colonial rule. Every exported item from Bangladesh carries an unseen human toll – often paid quietly, in suffering.

From the Language Movement in 1952 to the July Uprising in 2024, the female student halls of Dhaka University have played a key role in shaping Bangladesh’s political history.