A People in Limbo: Daily Star special feature
- Author: sr
- Filed under: Bihari
Mar 1,2008
Yesterday’s cover for the weekend supplement. “A people in limbo. The plight of the camp based Urdu-speaking community in Bangladesh.” Here is the full story here
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3 Responses for "A People in Limbo: Daily Star special feature"
I think C. R. Abrar sums it up for me, “whoever committed a crime should be tried..”
Bangladesh cannot go on alienating the children of Biharis. It’s not at all productive. The entire population of Bangladesh can be an asset to Bangladesh, but sadly a lot of them are vegetating at the moment (one needs only to look at the situation with women and girls). An epistemic culture is never attained by neglect.
His statement is shorthand for ” these crimes were committed by both sides. Do you really want to open that can of worms?” Sufficient punishment has been meted out to these chaps over successive generations. I think the talk now should be about “mainstreaming” the urdu-speakers asap.
If you go in April, I can arrange for you to take a guided walk around the Mohammedpur camp if you like.
So, are you going to be in Bangladesh? We’ll be there from the 7th of April.
I’ve been to some parts of Mohammedpur, e.g., Arong. Yes, it would be good to see it.
Best thing that can be said for conflict resolution is not to engage in a puerile game of ’s/he did it, so I did it back’. I believe the issue at hand is how one is to look at those socially marginalised individuals, whether they be Biharis, or Paharis.
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