Trafficked to Hell
“It’s been 12 years that I have been familiar to them; not only as a photographer but also as a brother. Whenever I go there, they run towards me calling out “Akash Bhai!” They bring me sweets, tea and...
View ArticleLife In Colour
From the beginning of my career I have been working for those people who are living on the edge of society. When I started working with these people I surprisingly discovered that – life has taken all...
View ArticlePlight of Rohingya Children
An estimated 693,000 Rohingya have been driven into Bangladesh (as of April 2018). Over half of them are children who have fled following an extreme escalation of violence, with most now living in...
View Article‘The heroes of our time’
Heroes are not born but they become heroes by their acts and deeds. A Hero is someone to whom you look up to when you are in trouble; someone who always bails you out of your troubles with a smiling...
View ArticleWomen of Valor
Encounter the 10 most outstanding examples of women full of courage, strength, dignity, kind hearts, fierce minds and brave spirits. As you will explore and travel through the cities of all these...
View Article‘Heroes of Life’ – Part IV
‘Heroes of Life’ – are those incredible humans who always find their way to light and love. They had known defeat, suffering, and struggles, yet they possess a beautiful story in their hearts, which is...
View ArticleBorn to work
No one has the time to listen to these unfortunate children who are mostly unseen humans. I always wanted to deliver their voices to all of you and show you their hidden pain and anguish. I tell their...
View ArticleSilent Cry: Dalits in Bangladesh
Caste and occupation-based discrimination remains one of the most severe and forgotten human rights abuses of the twenty-first century. Many groups who face this type of discrimination are identified...
View ArticleClimate Migration in Bangladesh
Two global agreements – one focused on the protection of refugees and the other on migration – are in the final stages of negotiation between different governments, under the auspices of the United...
View ArticleWomen in Bangladesh
“Sometimes the strongest women are the ones who love beyond all faults, who cry behind closed doors, and who fight battles that nobody knows about. This blog post is dedicated to honouring women who...
View Article‘Mothers: Angels on Earth’
“God can’t be everywhere and therefore, he created Mothers! ” _ Rudyard Kipling Mothers are God’s angels on earth whose prayers always follow us wherever we are! They are the guardian angels for us, in...
View ArticleThe Mru: A hidden Tribe of Bangladesh.
I have spent weeks in the Bandarban district, one of the three tribal populated Chittagong Hill Tract districts, in southeastern Bangladesh. I went to meet the largest hidden Mru tribe and to also...
View ArticleSuperheroes of Our Lives
A father is the most ordinary man who through love turned into a superhero! A superhero who grants all our wishes, supports us in our lives when the going gets tough and gives us a shoulder to cry on....
View ArticleWorst floods in years ‘submerge’ Bangladesh villages 2019
During the past weeks, Bangladesh has been experiencing the consequences of the worst flooding in 100 years which rapidly displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Millions of people are still at risk...
View ArticleClimate Crisis
Climate change is the greatest threat to human life. Perhaps it’s even the greatest threat ever in the history of human existence. World temperature is rising at an unprecedented rate, resulting in...
View ArticleIncredible Women
“Sometimes the strongest women are the ones who love beyond all faults, who cry behind closed doors, and who fight battles that nobody knows about. This blog post is dedicated to honouring women who...
View ArticleWorld Labour Day
For some people life is full of insurmountable challenges. Their lives ensure that they only have access to receive less than the minimum of life’s essentials and they cannot possibly miss any of their...
View ArticleFaces of Bhutan by GMB Akash
Bhutan has continually been ranked as the happiest country in all of Asia, and the eighth Happiest Country in the world. Bhutan does not believe in GDP as an indicator of economic growth and...
View ArticleWorld Day Against Child Labour
There are an estimated 152 million children in child labour, 72 million of which are in hazardous work. Child labour in Bangladesh is common, with 4.8 million or 12.6% of children aged 5 to 14 in the...
View ArticleTribute to Refugees around the world.
I have spent years documenting refugees and their children. In recent years I have been interviewing and photographing the tragedies of the families escaping for their lives to Greece from the Middle...
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