Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 873 views
Bangla is spoken by millions abroad by Probashi Bengalis (Bengalis abroad) and non-Bengalis. In my observation a lot of Bengali youth of America have forgotten a lot of Bangla; they either speak Banglish (Bangla+English) or banga Bangla (broken Bangla).
What's stopping the spread of Bangla
More and more people ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008 205 views
I've always been surprised to see famous Hindi singers of Bollywood singing Bangla songs. I never thought they would sing a song of local language which is not of their own. Such examples include Sonu Nigam singing such songs as Akash Kade Batash Kade, Mayabi Rater Ey, and ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008 481 views
Bangladesh, (East Bengal back then) has come a long way since 1947. Most of Bangladesh was rural back at that time and most of the revenue generated from East Bengal until 1971 was mostly given to the development of Karachi, West Pakistan and the Pakistani Union military. The ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 274 views
Without Muslim Bengalis There Would be No Pakistan
Punjabis historically didn't want Pakistan from the beginning because by having Pakistan, Punjab would have to be split up. Bengal was already split with Hindu West Bengal and Muslim East Bengal. The Muslim Bengalis of East Bengal voted overwhelmingly for the creation ...
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