Disability fails to hold back widow
Rozina Begum drives a battery-operated rickshaw on the streets of Mirzaganj upazila town in Patuakhali. Photo: Star
Physically challenged Rozina Begum was left with two young children when she was widowed six months ago, at only 35 years of age.
But the physical impediment or social stigma could not hold the resilient woman down. She has been able to keep her head above water by driving battery-operated rickshaw on the streets of Mirzaganj upazila town.
This correspondent during a visit to Mirzaganj town came across Rozina, who is originally from Barishal s Agailjhara upazila, at a rickshaw stand where she stopped to catch her breath.