Alasdair Foster 31 March 2020 © Jannatul Mawa from the series ‘Close Distance’: 35-year-old Santa Isla (right) is a middle-class housewife, living in the Mohammadpur district of Dhaka. Asma Khatun (left) is a 50-year-old housemaid who has been working in the city for last two years to sustain her family. Employing a housemaid is a common practice for the both the middle and upper classes in Dhaka.