Today's contrast is about soap--but that's just one of many kinds of consumer goods. The new supermarkets have lots of imported goods (which make our lives as expats easier and which rich Tajiks enjoy).
But many ordinary Tajiks wouldn't dream of paying 75 cents or a dollar for a bar of soap.
Instead, they get a bar of unwrapped cheap soap in the bazaar for three cents.
Who can afford what here?
P.S. An expert in Tajik culture told me that the yellow and brown unwrapped soap is for laundry or carpets, not personal bathing. I should have chosen for my contrast photo packaged laundry soap not western brands of personal bar soap.
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