© Mauro De Bettio
Immersed in the silence, I watched the gentle movements of this guy while he was piking long water-lilies from the river Moyur, on the outskirts of Khulna.Shapla is a flower floating at ease in all the lakes, ponds and streams in the country. A flower symbolizing purity and national symbol of Bangladesh.Besides adding beauty to this land, it's also delicious food for the Bangladeshis. The stem and the green fruit are savored raw or consumed as curry.
