Walk Through The China Town, Manhattan,NY

March 4, 2017 Rijwanul Hasib

Last year in April, Me & Yeahia decided to have a photo walk in Manhattan. I missed the station & get off in an unknown place. The scenario of the station enforced me to take out my camera. I told Yeahia that I'm going to be late. I started to walk through the unknown streets & keep taking pictures. Later I discovered, I was in China Town. The environment, people & sunlight stopped me in places. I spend more than 3 hours & totally forgot to call him.
Anyways he didn't come. I walk through the China Town alone with my camera & the experience that I gathered is phenomenal.

The Manhattan Chinatown is one of nine Chinatown neighborhoods in New York City, as well as one of twelve in the New York metropolitan area, which contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, enumerating an estimated 779,269 individuals as of 2013 In addition, Manhattan's Little Fuzhou (小福州, 紐約華埠), an enclave populated primarily by more recent Chinese immigrants from the Fujian Province of China, is technically considered a part of Manhattan's Chinatown.

Photographer: Rijwanul Hasib

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A Dreadful Rout to the roots

May 22, 2016 Rijwanul Hasib

Eid is the biggest religious festival in the Muslim-majority country Bangladesh. The majority residents of commercial capital Chittagong are from different districts.During the Eid, many of them go back to their hometown to celebrate Eid with their family.Because they miss their home, where their root is.They use different routes & the train is one of them.But it's not an easy route during the Eid time.The people have to suffer a lot by physically and mentally.

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Photographer: Rijwanul Hasib
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En-route

The train is on the platform. They have to be very fast for a space inside the train

When there is no empty space inside the train, they try to make their journey by sitting on the roof. But it's prohibited by the government. Sometimes they have bitten by the station guards.

All the doors & corridors are blocked. Then they choose the windows to enter. This is risky but they don't care.

Already 1 hour late & they still don't know when the train is going to move.

Finally,after three hours of late, the train starts to move. They are tired but a little relaxed now.

Beggars & hawkers are in everywhere as a part of their rest.

People utilize each & every corner of the train.Even in the toilet or the junction of two compartments.

Tiredness made them sleepy, even sitting in the floor.

The reflection of the dreadful journey to their roots.

Redemption

May 22, 2016 Rijwanul Hasib

The Day of Ashura. It has been commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH and in AHt: October 10, 680 CE. Shi'a observe mourning by making a rally, screaming & crying for Husayn (R), suffering and cutting the body with knives or chains (matam).

Photographer: Rijwanul Hasib

Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh