This portrait has been photographed on the top of Alutila Hill in Khagrachari, Bangladesh on 18 July 2011. Have a close look, please. I Hope, you are realizing the height of the hill. This is approximately 1865 ft above sea level, where she was working.
The name of this Girl is Kalpona. I called her Kalpona Didi. She and her family live on the downhill of this hill. Every day in the morning she and other members of her family including her husband come here and take care of their crops.
She was a mother of two kids, and one of them was two years old in 2011. Sadly her other child died at the age of two. Her husband’s name is Shotish, who works with her in this field.
This photograph might seem a serene, peaceful, and beautiful one to you but the life they lead isn’t that spectacular. Every single second they are fighting for their livelihood. Despite their struggle, they are profoundly happy and simple. And that is the most amazing thing I have seen in them. Their vision towards gender mainstreaming, even without knowing anything about this phrase was really remarkable. They survive such a struggle because they work as a team, and no matter what, they never leave the clan. While Kalpona Didi was working at one side of the hill, Shotish was doing the same kind of work nearby.