Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 832 views
As mentioned in my last post I always want to hear the view points of others weather their views are parallel or contradictory to mines. I found another article written by a desi, but this article deals with a Pakistani visiting Bangladesh. His visit doesn't deal with any ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 605 views
I'm an open-minded Bangladeshi and I always want to hear the opinions of others about Bangladesh. India has always been a major player to Bangladesh's politics, economy, and history; and therefore, I read Indian blogs often. The following article about Bangladesh caught my attention and I want my ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008 558 views
I am astonished to see how many Bengali singers there are in Indian Idol and Sa Re Ga Ma. No doubt Bengalis are great singers and musicians who have resonated their talents to others places. One of these gifted singers is Runa Laila, a Karachi born Bengali who ...
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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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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 362 views
I found this incredible article on DesPardes and I recommend both Bangladeshis and Pakistanis to carefully read this.
The Fall of Dhaka was sudden and abrupt. As late as December 15th 1971, my pro-Pakistan friends kept saying that the Seventh Fleet of the US Navy was on its way and as ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008 253 views
Bangladesh is one of the few countries that has close to all of the inhabitants, about 98% of the country, to be one ethnicity. Unlike India and Pakistan there aren't any ethnic clashes other than against indigenous tribal people and the Bengali invaders. After the 1971 liberation war, ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008 361 views
While Zia and Hasina argue and blame each for Bangladesh problems like little girls, their butt buddies underneath them secretly take money away from the treasury. Tareque Rahman, Zia's son, (Tarque Zia) goes around telling the Bangladeshis that he's mother is the prime minister so they should pay up ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008 1,021 views
Is it possible? Can this ever happen? Is this a lie? Apparently this is no lie. Britney Spears has been torn apart ever since Kevin Federline dumped her and took half of her fortune plus her kids. She became very vulnerable and as her mind weakened and became ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 162 views
Benazir Bhutto's death caused massive protests and caused a lot of chaos in Pakistan. She is known to be the first female leader to lead a Muslim country in the Islamic world. However, with her established leadership, she has brought a tremendous amount of corruption to the Pakistani ...
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