RUBINA'S MACHER JHOL
ARE! DID HE GIVE YOU GOOD FISH? MINE ISN'T TOO NICE
NO KHALA, IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE HAD DECENT FISH
WE BARELY FIND GOOD FISH HERE. MUMTAZ'S SON, DOWN THE LANE, SOMETIMES GETS BETTER QUALITY STOCK
”BUT DO YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE OUR OWN POND, BACK AT HOME.
THE FISH WAS SO SWEET! IT WAS AS BIG AS THE KHATTA FROM HERE!!“
”WE NEVER BOUGHT FISH, WE HAD OUR OWN,
FROM THE POND TO THE PLATE!”
”OH, AND WASN'T IT FUN TO GATHER TOGETHER AT THE POND!
IT WAS A PLACE FOR US TO CATCH FISH, DRAW WATER AND REST.
IT WAS A PLACE FOR US, A PLACE FOR THE CHILDREN.”
”MEN CAN SIT ANYWHERE, BUT WHERE DO WE WOMEN GO?”
”SO TODAY, WE SIT HERE, RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR HOMES.
THIS IS OUR SPACE TO CUT VEGETABLES, COOK, WASH CLOTHES AND UTENSILS, BATHE OUR CHILDREN, AND MUCH MORE”
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WE ONLY GO OUT TO THE STREETS, TO GET WATER WHEN THE TANKER ARRIVES.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE NO WATER SUPPLY HERE.
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN DO ALL THE WATER COLLECTING, AS THE MEN ARE OUT AT WORK
”WE HAVE HANDPUMPS HERE, BUT THE KHATTA WATER IS SO DIRTY, THAT IT LOOKS BLACK.
TELL ME, HOW CAN SOMEONE USE WATER LIKE THAT?”
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”WHAT CAN WE DO? LIFE GOES ON, AND WE ADJUST TO ALL THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TO FACE”