Andharmanik is a handwritten community newspaper produced by reporters who also work as labourers and seamstresses in a remote coastal area of Patuakhali, Bangladesh. Daily production begins in the busy Mohipur fish market where fishing boats and stalls cluster beside the landing platform. Hasan Parvez balances seasonal manual jobs — sorting and packing fish, brick kiln work and selling shutki — while serving as editor-in-chief. His workday starts around 4am with fajr prayer and a plain tea, and his market job pays about 600 taka ($5) per day. Reporters juggle livelihoods and reporting to keep local news alive.
Walking down the steps from the road to the fish landing point in Mohipur, a town in the district of Patuakhali bordering the Bay of Bengal, the smell of salt and fish hangs heavy in the air. Next to the main landing platform, colourful fishing boats, painted in faded reds, blues and greens, are moored. At this busy market in late July, larger fishing depots and much smaller shanty-style stalls stand side by side.
He works there as a daily wage labourer sorting, weighing and packing fish into white thermocol boxes during the monsoon season. In the dry season, he works at a nearby brick kiln, and over the winter months, around December and January, he works at a market selling sun-dried fish known as shutki. Hasan's day at Mohipur market starts early around 4am with the fajr prayer and a cup of tea without milk, and earns him about 600 taka ($5) per day.
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