Via guardianlv.com – Taslima Akhter’s wrenching photograph of a man and a woman clasped in a death grip, so to speak, in the rubble of the collapsed garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 24 has become Bangladesh’s symbol of grief and a movement for change. It has captured the grief and outrage of not only Bangladeshis but others around the globe who followed the tragedy.
Shahidul Alam, founder of Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography, said of this picture, “This image, while deeply disturbing, is also hauntingly beautiful. An embrace in death, its tenderness rises above the rubble to touch us where we are most vulnerable. By making it personal, it refuses to let go. This is a photograph that will torment us in our dreams. Quietly it tells us. Never again.”
Perviz Walji is the author of Africa’s Fading Echoes: Tales from an Enigmatic Continent.
Ms. Walji was born and lived the early part of her life in Tanzania. She currently lives in the United States and has worked in writing, editing, production, and other media-related positions both in print and broadcast. Although she migrated from East Africa many decades ago, the sights and sounds of the region will forever echo in her soul.
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