The Urge of Life on the Sidewalk

A common and familiar image of the life of the street in the heart of a city in Bangladesh. The tea stall under a large umbrella at the intersection is like a reliable shelter for ordinary people to hang out and relax. The tea kettle smoking on a coal stove, water in bottles, and the arrangement of various biscuits and chips tie the busyness around together. A woman dressed in red and blue and several pedestrians are relaxing here for a while. The multi-storey buildings in the background and the vehicles at the intersection prove the touch of modern urbanization, right next to which this small struggle of hard-working people survives.

Pedestrians take a moment to rest and exchange greetings with the smoke of hot tea. The daily struggle for income and resources through small shops under umbrellas at street corners. Modern buildings and vehicles on one side, and the coexistence of folk lifestyle on the sidewalks on the other. These roadside stalls are not just centers for selling tea, they are a combination of relieving the daily fatigue of ordinary people and social relations.