Beautiful Bangladesh

[Hussain Farooqui]

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hell no complete ban , did they go hunt in recent time ?

No, it was not the recent time. It was in the decade of 60's. That time, there were no restrictions on hunting.

No, it was not the recent time. It was in the decade of 60's. That time, there were no restrictions on hunting.

In those days, the population of the former East Pakistan was hardly 55 million or so.

 

[kobiraaz]

No, it was not the recent time. It was in the decade of 60's. That time, there were no restrictions on hunting.


In those days, the population of the former East Pakistan was hardly 55 million or so.

It's not an easy place to Hunt. What did your father kill..? Deer or Birds? I guess he never entered tiger zone. Only gatherers are allowed to collect honey. But there is illegal hunting for tiger skin. But security forces are very strict on this matter. Poachers are shot not arrested.

Bengal used to have Tigers, Rhinos, cheetahs in all over its territory. Not just Sundarban. Unfortunately British Raj and Local Jaminders were too fond of hunting from the secured back of Elephants.

 

[TopCat]

It's not an easy place to Hunt. What did your father kill..? Deer or Birds? I guess he never entered tiger zone. Only gatherers are allowed to collect honey. But there is illegal hunting for tiger skin. But security forces are very strict on this matter. Poachers are shot not arrested.

Bengal used to have Tigers, Rhinos, cheetahs in all over its territory. Not just Sundarban. Unfortunately British Raj and Local Jaminders were too fond of hunting from the secured back of Elephants.

It was not the hunting but the loss of habitats. Bengal was non penetrable jungle in the 1st millennium but with the advent of Mogul who actually made this land arable.

 

[Hussain Farooqui]

It's not an easy place to Hunt. What did your father kill..? Deer or Birds? I guess he never entered tiger zone. Only gatherers are allowed to collect honey. But there is illegal hunting for tiger skin. But security forces are very strict on this matter. Poachers are shot not arrested.

Bengal used to have Tigers, Rhinos, cheetahs in all over its territory. Not just Sundarban. Unfortunately British Raj and Local Jaminders were too fond of hunting from the secured back of Elephants.

My dad had a lot of Bengali friends with whom he spent a pleasant time. It is hard

It's not an easy place to Hunt. What did your father kill..? Deer or Birds? I guess he never entered tiger zone. Only gatherers are allowed to collect honey. But there is illegal hunting for tiger skin. But security forces are very strict on this matter. Poachers are shot not arrested.

Bengal used to have Tigers, Rhinos, cheetahs in all over its territory. Not just Sundarban. Unfortunately British Raj and Local Jaminders were too fond of hunting from the secured back of Elephants.

It's not an easy place to Hunt. What did your father kill..? Deer or Birds? I guess he never entered tiger zone. Only gatherers are allowed to collect honey. But there is illegal hunting for tiger skin. But security forces are very strict on this matter. Poachers are shot not arrested.

Bengal used to have Tigers, Rhinos, cheetahs in all over its territory. Not just Sundarban. Unfortunately British Raj and Local Jaminders were too fond of hunting from the secured back of Elephants.

My father had very cordial relations with a lot of Bengali friends. They took him out for hunting and boating. He told me about the hunting of big sized rabbits and some other eatable animals. The little knowledge my father gave me about the thick jungles reflected the existence of such thick jungles in which even entry at even day time is near to impossible. In those days, my father sent us the specialties of Bengal like large sized bananas, Bengali sweets called 'chum chum', eggs of ducks, pineapple,etc..

It was not the hunting but the loss of habitats. Bengal was non penetrable jungle in the 1st millennium but with the advent of Mogul who actually made this land arable.

Growing population of the world is eliminating jungles and pushing the wildlife to extinction. Making land arable is the need of the time due to large growing population. Even in the northern areas of Pakistan, the mountains have been carved in shape of patches and platform for cultivation of fruits and vegetables. The natural trees have to be cut at many places to make room for cultivation and living. Even in India and Africa, there has been a large scale deforestation. I think deforestation in some large population areas is indispensable to meet public needs.

 

[Bilal9]

In those days, my father sent us the specialties of Bengal like large sized bananas, Bengali sweets called 'chum chum', eggs of ducks, pineapple,etc..

Sagar (Cavendish) Bananas on the right, rare Pink velvet banana on the left.
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Chum Chum

By the way, the Turkish equivalent of this one as well as Gulab Jamun, is called Kemal Pasha.

 

[Hussain Farooqui]

Sagar (Cavendish) Bananas on the right, rare Pink velvet banana on the left.
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Chum Chum

By the way, the Turkish equivalent of this one as well as Gulab Jamun, is called Kemal Pasha.

There are some sweet shops in Karachi by the names of Dhaka Sweets and Bhashani. The taste of their sweets is good but not as great as that of the chum chum of Bengal sent by my father. I interviewed some of those shopkeepers and concluded that they were the Biharas who shifted to Karachi after 1971. When I asked them the reason why they were not able to give the same quality of chum chum from Bengal, they told me that effects of water are different so they can't give the same taste of Bengali chum chum.

 

[bongbang]

There are some sweet shops in Karachi by the names of Dhaka Sweets and Bhashani. The taste of their sweets is good but not as great as that of the chum chum of Bengal sent by my father. I interviewed some of those shopkeepers and concluded that they were the Biharas who shifted to Karachi after 1971. When I asked them the reason why they were not able to give the same quality of chum chum from Bengal, they told me that effects of water are different so they can't give the same taste of Bengali chum chum.

Actually real bengali sweet makers were/are the Bengali Hindus ie Ghosh. So whenever I want to taste the real old gold famous sweets, I try to find the famous hindu shops. Their sweets are always tasty and differ from the Muslim sweet makers. And how will these Biharis bring the flavour that Bengali Muslims couldnt bring. Yes there are some effects of nature. For example curd of Bagura, Kacha golla of Natore and Cham Cham of Comilla Porabari. But today Bangladeshi sweets are so rich and different in varieties that old brands are faded infront of them.

Porabari Cham Cham

 

[Hussain Farooqui]

Actually real bengali sweet makers were/are the Bengali Hindus ie Ghosh. So whenever I want to taste the real old gold famous sweets, I try to find the famous hindu shops. Their sweets are always tasty and differ from the Muslim sweet makers. And how will these Biharis bring the flavour that Bengali Muslims couldnt bring. Yes there are some effects of nature. For example curd of Bagura, Kacha golla of Natore and Cham Cham of Comilla Porabari. But today Bangladeshi sweets are so rich and different in varieties that old brands are faded infront of them.

Porabari Cham Cham

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In Pakistan also, the sweet shop owners are both Muslims and Hindus. They are equally good.

 

[HariPrasad]

Very beautiful.

 

[Max Pain]

very nice pictures,
wish i could visit some of those places.

 

[Bilal9]

More images of Sundarban area

Grey Chinned Minivet. Two males sparring to impress females. Females are less colorful.

 

[Bilal9]

Hakaluki/Tanguar Haor​

Hakaluki Haor and Tanguar Haor are unique wetland ecosystems of national and international significance in North-Eastern Bangladesh (Mymensingh/Netrokona & Sylhet/Sunamganj area). These Haors cover roughly 10,000 hectares each.

The areas are home to swamp forests, hundreds of species of birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals - many of which are rare and endangered. The landscape in these haors are painted by three major seasons — summer, monsoon and winter. Every season paints its own beauty on the haors.

These have been declared Ecologically Critical Areas (ECA) in 1999 by the Government of Bangladesh, and “Ramsar Sites”, wetlands of national and international importance, by the Ramsar Bureau in 2000.

The wetlands support freshwater mother fisheries and are known residences for migratory birds. They support the collective livelihoods of almost 80,000 people living in surrounding villages and contribute to national food security.

Ruddy Shelduck (size is in between a duck and a goose)

Red-crested Pochard

Purple swamp-hen

Eastern Bee Eater

 

[bongbang]

World War II Bangladesh

Chittagong Airport during Burma campaign

Maynamati War Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hussain Farooqui]

Bangladesh is the most densely populated country of the world. I appreciate the people of Bangladesh for maintaining their jungles and wildlife despite the fast growing need of accommodation for over 200 million population.

Has construction of high rise buildings become common in Bangladesh?

 

[Bilal9]

Bangladesh is the most densely populated country of the world. I appreciate the people of Bangladesh for maintaining their jungles and wildlife despite the fast growing need of accommodation for over 200 million population.

Has construction of high rise buildings become common in Bangladesh?

Thanks for your thoughts brother.

Because of soft alluvial soil (Baserock is too deep and piling is expensive) Bangladesh has more midrises than highrises. There are over two/three hundred twenty-some story towers all over Dhaka and more are being built.

There are a few thirty five and forty story towers and a few more are in the build/planning stage.