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I can pass in Iran myself (I think), or at least show quite strong signs. Some other Bangladeshis do show signs of foreign Muslim admixture. But of course most won't look like your typical Afghan, Turk. In most cases it will be heavily diluted because the Muslims took local wives and married...

I agree some of us Sylheties do have some foreign Muslim blood. Not all Sylheties but some definitely do.

Why pretend to be Bangladeshi when you are West Bengali? Anyway, lot of people in West Bengal are anti-India e.g. Amartya Sen, Saurav Ganguly, to name a couple of the more prominent Hindu Bengalis. You could tell from Ganguly's commentary yesterday how much he was willing SA to beat India.

And what part of your brain did you engage to come with this nonsense? Bangladesh should be able to approach middle income country status by around 2020. We should keep our population stable, our Islamic nut cases in check, to achieve this. Bangladesh has achieved growth of around 6% or more...

I am not doubting everyone is a convert. The foreign Muslim blood is heavily watered down anyway after marrying generation after generation into local admixture. But either way, we are culturally now different. A large part of our culture is derived from Islamic values whereas Indians from -...

So we are supposed to go with the views of some posters here as opposed to world renowned bodies such as the World Bank, and other organisations of similar repute? You Hindus will always try to downgrade Muslims. Well, yes, that guy is out of his head.

We don't know how accurate these DNA tests are. Secondly, this site is run by an individual who does it for hobby who may or may not have ulterior motives, so we can't be sure if he hasn't manipulated some of the stats. More importantly, the samples of Bangladeshis were just 5 or 6, this is no...

What do you mean not buy into these figures? There are several reputable sources giving similar levels. Intellectually - Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are on par. You must not also forget, Bangladesh is a new country, one that is only 43 years old, but economically its even younger. We...

Firstly, genetic tests did not indicate they were low caste converts. The few Bangladeshis had around 5% Northeast Euro and a bit of Med, bit of Caucasian, something low castes do not have. The samples were only 5 or at most 6 people from Bangladesh, so no way can you decipher an entire...

Thailand and Malaysia are far away from us and not in our region. Also there are mountains providing a natural barrier between Bangladesh and SEA. India is too big and wouldn't be a fair comparison. It leaves us with Pakistan to judge our performance by. By the way, Bangladesh is growing...

When might this happen?

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka should have a close economic relationship. As with unlike India, we don't have a bone of contention with them.

I think pre-designing kids should not be allowed. There are a lot of ethical implications, not to mention, a husband and wife should have a child that is completely their own (unless cannot conceive for some reason). Why marry someone if you don't want their kid(s)? And I don't think people are...

I think it's a lot of scaremongering about Bangladesh flooding. But I do know a few small islands in WB have gone under water and the inhabitants have moved to Kolkata and other cities in WB and also to other parts of India.

We still have a long way to go. I have seen some population predictions for 2050 and Bangladesh is predicted to be well above 200m by then. I know they are predictions but I think they will be fairly accurate. That's far too many for a country no bigger than the UK. Regarding genetic...

Are they really? I didn't know that. I was kidding about all that nonsense anyway. The whole point of having kids is out of love or don't have any. Why carry a child of a complete stranger?

So are you suggesting we go back to Farsi? I think we should keep Bengali as adopting a new language will entail a lot of bureaucracy in the short term. However, let's adopt more Arabic and Persian words, particularly Arabic since it's the language of Islam. Sometimes the words come out all...

We are outperforming WB. If we maintain the current rate of growth for another few years then we will double our current GDP. We just need to get our population under control and we'll have a bright future. However, I think we need to be secular to attain this. If we allow any hardline Muslim...

Well, to be fair, I don't think Hindu Bengalis like us, either. What's your hate for West Bengalis anyway? Doesn't Islam teach to not hate others? I'll admit I'm not a good Muslim so sometimes I do make vile comments, but that's only because I feel we are threatened. I wouldn't hate Orientals...

Just don't find them attractive and they all look the same to me. But that's not a reason for disliking them. I wouldn't dislike them if they stay in their own countries. Anyway coming back to the point of West Bengal and whether we should maintain a relationship with them - yes, absolutely...