The name comes from the Yemeni city of Mokha which was one of the earliest places of coffee cultivation/popularisation, hence the name "mocha" in english, but the Arabic pronounciation isn't mocha but mokha.
Not sure where to post this, but interesting take from NHK. However, I'm not sure where the correspondent got information about Bangladesh being concerned about "Chinese maritime activities". Good news nonetheless though. @bluesky
That guy likes to go around threads and leave low quality comments like "what the banglo!" "Kilowatt Hasina" etc (probably thinks they're funny or something). He's not aware he comes off as an English-speaking but paindu musali background individual with these unwanted remarks.
"Old inhabitants". But, this is an incorrect term for Santhals, as is for some other groups in Bangladesh described as such. They were settled by the British from the Santhal Parganas (currently in Jharkhand) after the Great Bengal Famine of 1770 to increase tax revenue. North Bengal and Rarh...
You do know that they're known for atrocities against villagers in West Bengal right? Most BSF recruits come from the Hindi Belt and comprise the lowest of the low of the Bhaiyas due to reservation and all (aka chamarer dol). My paternal village is a border one near Tripura so I've seen what...
It is a shame that these things happen routinely. We have a lot of backward people in the country, especially in rural areas. Having said that, unlike India, there is no state-sponsored policy of minority oppression and hasn't been since the country's inception, while India seems to be heading...