A man and woman travel by train in Bangladesh. Contained within the blackness of their box-like window frame, they travel differently. The man faces forward unaware of the unfolding landscape,

A man and woman travel by train in Bangladesh. Contained within the blackness of their box-like window frame, they travel differently. The man faces forward unaware of the unfolding landscape, perhaps content with the forward progression and speed of the journey. The woman leans her arm on the frame and peers out of the window. Above her a bird takes flight. Steeped in the symbolism of restriction versus freedom, the image echoes Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi’s notion- “A woman could be totally powerless, and still give meaning to her life by dreaming about flight".