Moving Pictures

Moving Pictures
Author: Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2010
Genre: Folk art
ISBN: 9788188204700

Rickshaw Girl

Rickshaw Girl
Author: Mitali Perkins
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2011-06-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607345072

New York Public Library’s “100 Best Children's Books of the Past 100 Years” Jane Addams Honor Book Maine Library Association Lupine Honor Book ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Award Book Bank Street Best Children's Books List (Starred) Association of Children's Booksellers Best Book The moving and critically acclaimed story of a young, artistic Bangladeshi girl who bravely defies tradition in order to support her family through hard times Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special celebrations. But Naima is not satisfied just painting alpana. She wants to help earn money for her family, like her best friend, Saleem, does for his family. When Naima's rash effort to help puts her family deeper in debt, she draws on her resourceful nature and her talents to bravely save the day. Includes a glossary of Bangla words and an author's note about a changing Bangladesh and microfinance.

Chasing Rickshaws

Chasing Rickshaws
Author: Tony Wheeler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1998
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

A celebration in words and pictures, of rickshaws. The author chased rickshaws through twelve Asian cities.

Planes, Trains, and Auto-Rickshaws

Planes, Trains, and Auto-Rickshaws
Author: Laura Pedersen
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2016-07-06
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1555917542

A travel essay of a recent visit to India, which reveals, with humor and insight, the tensions and contradictions facing the emerging world power. In particular, the book explores the roles of women and children in India today and includes discussions with experts on this topic, providing insight into this important and often neglected issue.

The Book of Dhaka

The Book of Dhaka
Author: Wasi Ahmed
Publisher: Comma Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 190558380X

Dhaka may be one of the most densely populated cities in the world - noisy, grid-locked, short on public amenities, and blighted with sprawling slums - but, as these stories show, it is also one of the most colourful and chaotically joyful places you could possibly call home. Slum kids and film stars, day-dreaming rich boys, gangsters and former freedom fighters all rub shoulders in these streets, often with Dhaka's famous rickshaws ferrying them to and fro across cultural, economic and ethnic divides. Just like Dhaka itself, these stories thrive on the rich interplay between folk culture and high art; they both cherish and lampoon the city's great tradition of political protest, and they pay tribute to a nation that was borne out of a love of language, one language in particular, Bangla (from which all these stories have been translated).

A History of Bangladesh

A History of Bangladesh
Author: Willem van Schendel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2020-07-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108620337

Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's state-of-the-art history navigates the extraordinary twists and turns that created modern Bangladesh through ecological disaster, colonialism, partition, a war of independence and cultural renewal. In this revised and updated edition, Van Schendel offers a fascinating and highly readable account of life in Bangladesh over the last two millennia. Based on the latest academic research and covering the numerous historical developments of the 2010s, he provides an eloquent introduction to a fascinating country and its resilient and inventive people. A perfect survey for travellers, expats, students and scholars alike.

Transports of Delight

Transports of Delight
Author: Joanna Kirkpatrick
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2003-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780253341488

Combining over 1000 brilliantly-colored photographs, videos, music, and text, this CD-ROM documents a distinctive folk art of urban Bangladesh. The owners of rickshas (conventionally known as "rickshaws" in English) personalize their vehicles with elaborate paintings that incorporate geometric motifs, drawings of animals, mythic and religious themes, and pictures of movie stars. Ricksha art is an expression of the fondest desires in men's hearts-for wealth, sex, power, one's village home, religious blessings, and consumer goods. Joanna Kirkpatrick has photographed rickshas for more than twenty years, cataloguing styles and motifs. She uses her study of rickshas as a window on Bangladesh culture and religion, examining the questions posed by pictorial representation in a Muslim society. Four video clips depict rides through crowded city streets and rural landscapes, as well as an interview with ricksha artists. Recordings of popular music evoke the rhythms of everyday life. Transports of Delight provides scholars and students with important primary source material and a rich ethnographic analysis. General audiences interested in South Asian folk art and culture and aficionados of pedicabs around the world will find this a truly delightful and informative journey. Includes glossary, map, and bibliography. Requirements: [specs to come].

Bangladesh

Bangladesh
Author: Ellen London
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836831078

Provides an overview of the geography, history, government, language, art, and food of Bangladesh, exploring its customs and current issues.