Friday, February 29th, 2008 559 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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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 405 views
Refering to my previous post about Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu) having more influence over Bangla, the Bengalis in UK have a stronger influence of it.
Now in melas and other special Bangla functions, Hindustani songs are composed and performed by Bengalis. The following song's name is called "Haire Meri Jaan" performed in ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008 461 views
The Mohajirs, the Urdu speaking Desis, who migrated to the West and East wings of Pakistan from India, decided to impose Urdu as the national language of the Pakistan Union. Some may disagree and say Urdu was already there in West Pakistan. I won't argue, since Urdu was ...
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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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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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