In Bangladesh, even though people often have to languish in prison for months without trial under minor defamation cases, it took only 10 days for Abul Hashem, the chairman of Hashem Foods Ltd, and his sons to get bail after 54 workers were killed in a deadly factory fire on July 8, 2021.
CHOBI MELA SHUNNO
Photos: Sheikh Mehedi Morshed Rasheek Tabassum Mondira Rasheek Tabassum Mondira [Off] Limits , a group exhibition currently underway in Chobi Mela Shunno at DrikPath Bhobon, features projects by fourteen South Asian artistes. In a corner of the basement at DrikPath Bhobon, a series of letters are displayed for everyone to read. Letter from an Unborn Child by Thotkata, reflects the anguish and pain of an unborn child, as the kid addresses these letters to the readers, shoppers, and authorities related to the Tazreen factory fire in 2012.
On November 24, 2012, more than 119 garment workers died when a fire broke out in Tazreen Fashions Ltd in Ashulia s Nischintapur. Mimi, a five- months pregnant worker, was among the unidentified victims of the tragedy. The letters portray Mimi s unborn child s anger and plea to the ones present in the world today.