can cross it only during day time for their essential needs

The Indian families living on the other side of the fence

like buying food, medicine, going for farming, schooling.

A special permit is needed to cross at night

These powerful high beams flood the area to continue surveillance at night.

The Indian families living on the other side of the fence

Majority of the population are famers, cultivating various crops around the year

In the frame, a group a daily wedge farmers are seen harvesting jute.

Many families got displaced for their ancestral home after the construction of the fence.

Dying tree with bird nest

Mr. Opikul in the frame is one of many who moved inland.

They continue living in make shift houses.

Remains of barb wires left behind after construction

Corn seeds are rare in this part of Bengal.

Farmers have traditionally grown jute, rice, wheat, mustard, and seasonal vegetables.

Once central to the region’s economy, the jute industry is now in decline,

pushing farmers to look for alternatives.

A handmade NAKSHI KATHA hangs inside a home in the borderland.

NAKSHI KATHA has a long tradition in Bengal,

created by hand stitching intricate designs directly onto fabric with colored thread.

This piece was made by the elder woman of the house when she was just a teenager.

Long before the fences were built and before Bangladesh’s independence.

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