a strong voice

 Sheikh Hasina, the longest serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh at 20 years (combined)

She is also the world's longest serving female head of government.  During her political career, she has endured 19 assassination attempts.

fishing

The balancing act.
It must take great skill and years of practice to maneuver these large nets by hand!

paddling

I have always lived near water, but am rarely actually on the water. For me, it is something to look at. There was a time when we would be at a cottage, or camping and boats and canoes would be enjoyed for something to do for an hour or so. But I couldn't tell you the last time I was in one.

In Bangladesh, lying as it does in the Ganges-Brahmaputra river delta with 8,000 kms of navigable waterways that cover about 50% of the country, boats are a way of life. These stamps from 2013 show some traditional boats — a dingi (from which we get our word 'dinghy'); a ghasi; and a kunda which is made from a palm trunk.  All of these are specially designed flat bottom 'Bengal boats' for shallow waters.

some oars/paddles and boats on the water for Sepia Saturday