Savar Building Collapse, Death Toll Reaches 292

The death toll continues to rise in the Savar building collapse tragedy. Today Ready Made Garment (RMG) workers took to the streets in protest. Tensions and anger has sky rocketed today, and thousands of people have been marching in protest and vandalizing cars/buses/rickshaws in their path. This morning I went to volunteer at the collection … Continue reading →

Where the Desert Mountains Meet the Sea: Muscat, Oman

Last weekend was Bengali New Year, and I appropriately celebrated the long weekend with a trip to Muscat, Oman to check out the sights and see the beach. I had always heard about how pretty Oman is, and it really does live up to it’s reputation. One of the highlights of the trip, besides fountain … Continue reading →

Tragedy in Bangladesh: Building Collapse Kills More Than 70

Sad news today, another garment factory tragedy.  A seven story building collapsed right outside Dhaka, killing more than 70 people.  It’s the price that Bangladeshi’s pay to provide cheaply made ready-made garments for the rest of the world. You can read about it here: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/24/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html?hpt=ias_c1 http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/unspecified-number-of-casualties/  

Week of Hartals

It’s been 4 straight days of hartals again this week, and it looks like that might be the norm for awhile here. A few friends last night joked, that the hartal calendar is so packed, if you want to call one now you are looking at three weeks out for a free date. All of … Continue reading →

Singapore!

Over Easter weekend a friend from Dhaka and I headed back into the “real” world for a few days in Singapore. This was actually my second trip to the island, having first gone almost 6 years ago with my sister. It wasn’t my favorite place the first time around, but coming from Dhaka, I have … Continue reading →