Wendy Collis interviews Joel Katz about his trip to Bangladesh for Actionaid's Project TOTO to teach social media to teenagers in Dhaka's poorest districts. June 2010.
To Give, Or Not To Give... that is the question
DHAKA, BANGLADESH - Sharna and I have just polished off an incredible fish curry at a nice eatery in Dhaka’s northern suburb of Gulshan.
Inside the restaurant the air-con blasts chilly air on the affluent customers. No cutlery in sight, they gracefully use their hands to squish their saucy curry and rice into even-sized balls and then pop them into their mouths.
I have no idea what they're talking about, but people are having a great time: friends laugh and parents try to keep their kids in line as tin platters overflowing with bright curries are placed on the tables.
A big green plastic capsicum dangles right above our heads -- I have no idea why.
I feel like we could be at any trendy restaurant in any nice suburb in any major city anywhere in the world -- with the exception of the huge fake ceiling pepper.
But outside there's a different reality.
It's chaos.
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