{"id":988,"date":"2014-08-05T07:46:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T07:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2014-08-05T07:46:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T07:46:19","slug":"elderly-in-bangladesh-rowshan-ara-chowdhury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"Elderly in Bangladesh: Rowshan Ara Chowdhury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <a title=\"Sabya Van Elswijk\" href=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?page_id=678\" target=\"_blank\">Sabya van Elswijk<\/a><\/em><a title=\"Sabya Van Elswijk\" href=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?page_id=678\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-988 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?attachment_id=989'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A0001305-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?attachment_id=990'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A0001299-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A0001299-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A0001299-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A0001299-copy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A0001299-copy.jpg 1299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is Rowshan Ara Chowdhury. She is the grandmother of <a title=\"Wall of People\" href=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?page_id=488\" target=\"_blank\">Alia Kamal<\/a>, one of the artists of the Dhaka art project. When we first meet, Alia tells me how guilty she feels of having a grandmother in the house, with whom she barely speaks or has contact with. She says her grandmother has been demented for 6 years already, and is very inward and when she makes contact, its mostly abusive language. She did not even imagine her grandmother to know these words, and now she is using them daily.<\/p>\n<p>When we go to their home, we meet a powerful looking old lady. She does not want to shake our hands, but she waves hello, meanwhile saying \u201cdogs, dogs\u201d in Bangla. Sitting with us at the table, she is looking at us. When Martijn waves at her she starts making faces, and he makes funny faces back.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-988 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?attachment_id=992'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140728_141933020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?attachment_id=991'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140728_131734030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/?attachment_id=993'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bangladesh-theproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140728_131618663-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Alia tells us that her grandmother was very much loved and in love with her husband, who died almost 40 years ago. He left her their big house in the village, called \u201cRowshan house\u201d. After he died, her children came together and decided to sell the place. Rowshan was very upset by leaving her own house, and is still asking about the things that she had there. Now she lives with her daughter in Dhaka, with her daughter, granddaughter and servants as company.<br \/>\nLast they tried to cure her from Alzheimer, but the medicine made her much worse, and her daughter decided to stop the treatment. It is hard on her daughter, accepting the illness of her mother, and being powerless to help her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sabya van Elswijk, &nbsp; This is Rowshan Ara Chowdhury. 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