Bangladesh

neighbouring countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is a rich and luminous tale as it encompasses the countless successes and hardships each country experienced during its development as independent entities. In 2012, Deepa Mehta, an Indo-Canadian film director with a screenplay by Salman Rushdie, a British Indian novelist, produced the film “Midnight’s Children.” Together they brought to the screen a magical yet historical tale on the partition of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The basis of the…

The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire that was founded in 320 CE and survived until about 550 CE. The Gupta Empire covered most of north and central India, as well as Bangladesh. It was known to be one of the most peaceful and wealthy civilizations of its time. The Mauryan Empire collapsed in 185 B.C.E, after their final king was assassinated. For the next 500 years, the many states in India were at constant war. When Chandragupta ascended the throne and began the notable empire in 320…

1) The Kashmir battle is a close-by conflict generally among India and Pakistan, having started not long after the division of india in 1947. China has on occasion recognized a minor part. India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir, including the Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1947 and 1965, and the Kargil War. The two countries have additionally been combined into a couple conflicts over control of the Siachen Glacier. As an inevitable answer for this issue was for Kashmir to have the…

The president elect and I have recently examined three proposals that are very promising in successfully reducing poverty in Anchuria. Both him and I are devoted to reducing poverty in our country as well as providing jobs. As the Secretary for Economic and Development, I believe these three proposals from Yunus, de Soto and Kohli have the potential to spur economic growth and decrease poverty as well as determine the best way to use our resources. We were influenced by Muhammad Yunus to use…

Kolkata: City Known For its Magical Touch and Charm Situated at the east bank of the Hooghly river, Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal, India. This city is much famous for its rich cultural heritage, traditions and festivals. It is an educational, cultural and commercial hub of East India. After Mumbai, it is the second largest city in India and the third largest metropolitan of the Nation. The quality of education, wonderful places, street food, career opportunities and several other things…

Art, Culture and literature form the foundation of a typical Bengali society and a Bengali household without music and literature is somewhat unimaginable. Music is the soul of Bengal and the traditional folk music mirrors the image of rural Bengal. The folk music has its origin as early as the 4th century with the advent of the invaders in Bengal and other provinces of colonial India. Bengali folk music has poetry, drama, epic, folktales, ballads and proverbs etc. The ethnic folk music forms…

In the years before 1947, Britain was prospering. They had multitudes of colonies, money, “free” labor, and held global influence. Britain slowly lost control of it’s African colonies, resources, labor force, and were looked down on for their harsh treatment of their colonies by other international powers and communities. Britain was careless and uneducated in their dealings with India. In addition, they rushed the process of Partitioning India and Pakistan, creating confusion, which added to…

Children born in a foreign country often times wander their identity between their two origins. They are often times encouraged to follow their family’s traditions while that might look odd within their peers. They may not experience what their peers does on holidays, what they eat at home, and what language they hear the most. Their names may sound strange for local people. Jhumpa Lahiri, the writer of the novel The Namesake, is also a child of immigrants in America. In the novel, Lahiri…

cracks were discovered in the reinforced concrete supporting a nine story factory outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The next day, after workers populated the building, Rana Plaza collapsed killing over 1,130 people. The collapse resulted from rapid and illegal construction of the top three floors. (Shirt on Your Back) This tragedy exemplifies the harsh working conditions of factory workers in Bangladesh. “Women account for over 80 percent of its 4 million employees, most of them working in terrible…

“I’d rather die in Bangladesh than be forced to return to Myanmar,” says Aisha, 19. Aisha, a Rohingya woman, was raped by soldiers that were attacking her village in Myanmar. The Myanmar soldiers violently killed her son, as the family attempted to flee the violence in Myanmar. “They threw my son in the air and cut him with a machete. Then they threw petrol bombs and burned down our houses,” reported by UNICEF. This is only one story of a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Aisha’s story is not an…