For reasons of modesty and in the interest of saving you from getting clocked in the head for viewing potentially questionable images, I am moving this and the next installment of images in this series to the extended section of their respective posts. You will have to click the “Continue to read …” link below to view the images. Be warned that you or your colleagues at work may object to them. I am erring on the side of caution and not censoring them. If you have any comments about this policy or the series in general, please email me at tiffinbox [at] pipalproductions [dot] com. Thanks!

Kaaya: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

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The Tiffinbox Photo Fund has received its first donation. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, contacted me today to say this:

“I applaud you for starting this revolving fund. I will copy your appeal and send it to my friends.”

I urge you all to consider a small donation towards this project. Once we have $1000 collected, I can begin distributing it to worthy photojournalists from South Asia. The green donation box in the upper right hand corner of this site is where you can quickly make your donation. No amount is too small.

Directly connected to this cause is some great news – Abir Abdullah, a photojournalist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, informs me today that his image has been selected as one of the finalists in the annual Gordon Parks Photography Competition.

Images from South Asia, like Abir's, can see the light of day only if we in the West step up and help photojournalists there enter contests and exhibit their work on websites like Tiffinbox. Let's do this together!

Caption: “We stay together as a family. I left my previous family and started a new life but did not feel sorry for the act because of the love which I got from my friends and Guru (leader) over here, I never received it from my previous family. –Chanchal”

Kaaya: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

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