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I dont consider myself bengali, but ill admit, my parents are from bangladesh, so i guess im culturally bengali. Not super proud of it though. the country is too corrupted.

yeah it is corrupted, but i still like going there... mainly for shopping but also seeing my family! I eat a lot there but i seem to lose weight instead of gaining

I consider my race more of an adjective. Its an incidental part of me that I have to be bengali. I am a person that happens to be bengali. I dont find anything more to it. But thats just me. Theres nothing wrong with cultural nationalism. I just dont have it.

THe country is literally the armpit of India. The Ganges gets there as a floating river of waste, the groundwater has ridiculous amounts of arsenic in it, and the soil is poor for farming. The country itself is economically poor. Very, very poor. But the food is good, the people are generally cool, and the government is cleaning up. New technology is helping Bangladesh advance in human rights and providing jobs and health. The people of West Bengal are advancing as well, coming out of a primarily communist/socialist government and going towards mixed market economy. It's getting better in Desistan (my word, and it sounds racist, but isn't).

Yup.

THe country is literally the armpit of India. The Ganges gets there as a floating river of waste, the groundwater has ridiculous amounts of arsenic in it, and the soil is poor for farming.

Hahaha, thats so true. I never thought of it that way. "Im from the armpit country ".

I mean, no offense, it's getting bettter, but it was pretty bad after the Brits left and then the Pakis left control to the locals.

I mean, no offense, it's getting bettter, but it was pretty bad after the Brits left and then the Pakis left control to the locals.

I totally agree. too much of a power struggle now.

Sartaj, india pakistan and bagladesh are one, once upon a time and we(im an indian) are culturally same from indus valley civilization, i dont think culture of bangladeshis are different from west bengal which is an indian state, though the condition of bangladesh is not good and its obvious cuz the country is not old it became bangladesh just after 1947 when india got independent so it will take time for bangladesh to stand up as a progressed nation.

Sartaj, india pakistan and bagladesh are one, once upon a time and we(im an indian) are culturally same from indus valley civilization, i dont think culture of bangladeshis are different from west bengal which is an indian state, though the condition of bangladesh is not good and its obvious cuz the country is not old it became bangladesh just after 1947 when india got independent so it will take time for bangladesh to stand up as a progressed nation.

Your right, they are similar. However, Bangladesh has alot of Oriental influence. In fact, I see alot of indian/chinese mixes in Bangladesh since it is between Mynamar and India.

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The bengali friends that I have look quite chinese-ish

And yes, due to the fact that Bangladesh gained it's independence not so long ago, it will take it's time in terms of economic growth etc. I'm not bengali but i know loads of them and it's pretty cool lol

I love being a bangali and muslim an everything else i have in me. love the fact that i can identify myself as "this" and "that" rather dan be a mix of so many identity to the point i don't have any..

true bangaldesh isn't the riches/fasters/ or cleanest nation.. but we got our good n bad like all nation.

it might be poor, but look where USA or other well-to-do nation had been 35 years after birth.. WE are doing pretty good, better than most nation at this time scale

We do have mixture of many nation. every group that took over indian subcontinent, bangladesh was right inthe center. Hence, we were able 2 mix with others around the world long before immigration became legal. It is a nation thats mixed of many nation.. its awsome to be such identity

that's great that u are proud to be Bengali!!

yees it is but how did a guest post?

maybe the rules changed

erm i think the pseron was annonamus?

I dont consider myself bengali, but ill admit, my parents are from bangladesh, so i guess im culturally bengali. Not super proud of it though. the country is too corrupted.

The country may be, but there are descent people in Bangladesh.

let me just tell you although being bengali isnt out of this world. no offense to pakistanis, but atleast we dont have terrible streotypes put upon us.

which is WHY im okay with being bengali. the sad part is our guys in texas atleast are horrrreendddouus.

Hahaha. ouch.
Any pakistanies here?

What's the ''stereotype'' for pakisanies?
A) They smell of curry
b) Mixed culture with islam
c) Gold diggers
d) Men are backwards (some)

hahah
hey any bengalis listen to bengali music and let me tell there are good singers...habib, syleti fuad and OMG i just learned that my cousin is a popular singer in Bangladesh

lolz, wow thats interesting Parsa...um no I don't listen to bengali songs cuz it never crossed my mind

I have loads of Bengali friends and some of them are really close to me, although the ones I know tend to keep closely tied to one another, I wonder why