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Jogennathi Das and her days at Barishal : During my visit to the Bhadreshwar refugee camp at Uttorpara, I managed to interview her who stays in the camp for the past seventy years after the partition of Bengal took place. She is almost ninety years of age now. The conversation began- Me : 'maashi tomaar desh kothaye go?' ( where is your desh)
Narrator : 'amra purba bonger lok, Barishal naamok district' ( we are from East Bengal from the district of Barishal)
Me : 'graamer naam mone porey tomar? ( Do you remember the name of the village?)
Narrator : Gaurnadi bole ek jayga. ( the place is called Gaurnadi)
Me : 'tumi kotodin accho ekhane?' ( how long have you been here)
Narrator : 'joto ta mone porey, desh chariyachi prai shottyor botshor hoyeache' ( As far as I remember, I have left my 'desh' and have resettled in this camp for the past seventy years) …show more content…
amar ashole chandal poribaar er manush. Ami ei riot e amar saath chele key haraye, amar shaami eesckul porishkaar korar kaaj e chilo, amar sathei camp e chilen, kitnu paanch bochor hoilo mara gechen'. ( Riots are dangerous to me. I belong to the chandal community. I have lost my seven year old son in the riots and my husband stayed in the camp with me but he passed away five years

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