Me thinks these equations of value are interesting:
2 hr recital of Tagore (by Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee) and music by Calcutta Orchestra in 5 star hotel in Dhaka (being considered great value for money by Dhaka elite) = 2,500 Takas per ticket
Monthly salary of women Community Health worker, servicing 500 households a month and working over 200 hrs a month = 5,000 Takas a month
Monthly salary of garment worker, making clothes for the biggest clothes brands (GAP, Dolce Gabbana, H&M...) in the world (negotiated after years of protests, strikes, employer abuse and police firings) = 2,800 Takas a month
Monthly salary of women, working full-time as housemaids, being subjected to all sorts of abuse and sending money to their villages to support their families = 1,500 Takas a month
Monthly salary of children (age 5-7 in some cases), working full time in most shops and businesses in Dhaka, being denied an education and a childhood = 500- 1,000 Takas a month
Best of luck to Soumitra, Sharmila and the Calcutta Orchestra! Art is priceless after all!
Me thinks the system is fucked
2 hr recital of Tagore (by Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee) and music by Calcutta Orchestra in 5 star hotel in Dhaka (being considered great value for money by Dhaka elite) = 2,500 Takas per ticket
Monthly salary of women Community Health worker, servicing 500 households a month and working over 200 hrs a month = 5,000 Takas a month
Monthly salary of garment worker, making clothes for the biggest clothes brands (GAP, Dolce Gabbana, H&M...) in the world (negotiated after years of protests, strikes, employer abuse and police firings) = 2,800 Takas a month
Monthly salary of women, working full-time as housemaids, being subjected to all sorts of abuse and sending money to their villages to support their families = 1,500 Takas a month
Monthly salary of children (age 5-7 in some cases), working full time in most shops and businesses in Dhaka, being denied an education and a childhood = 500- 1,000 Takas a month
Best of luck to Soumitra, Sharmila and the Calcutta Orchestra! Art is priceless after all!
Me thinks the system is fucked
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