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This news is a b!tch slap on the face of big mouth Bharati who claim crores of Bangladeshi people are dying to go to live in their wonderful toilet less country.
Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi | Dhaka Tribune
Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi
Jebun Nesa Alo
Long ignored and neglected, exclave residents are in the spotlight as they make choices about their livelihood, identity and future. The third part of this report explores why some exclave residents are choosing to become Bangladeshis
- See more at: Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi | Dhaka Tribune
Confident that he will receive the basic rights that he has been deprived of living in an Indian exclave, Shri Rajkumar Ovidash is opting to become a Bangladeshi.
“I want to live in Bangladesh because I grew up in this culture despite living on Indian land,” Ovidash, a resident of the Indian exclave of Bans Pachai in Lalmonirhat district, told the Dhaka Tribune.
Bans Pachai contains 152 families, numbering a total of 556 people, of whom not a single one wants to go to India.
Despite living on islands of Indian sovereignty within Bangladesh’s borders, India provided these exclave dwellers with precious little in the way of services; what amenities and facilities they were able to access, they accessed in Bangladesh.
There is a sense that Ovidash and others like him feel disconnected from and abandoned by India.
The 28-year-old bootmaker says he and his kin have been deprived of every basic amenity and public service, like medical care, education and administration, since the Liberation War.
“Now we will get Bangladeshi nationality and we hope the Bangladesh government will take responsibility for providing us with public services as soon as possible” he said.
“I do not want to go to India because I have some land here and have grown up surrounded by Bangladeshi people and culture,” he said.
The decision to become Bangladeshi is rooted in these exclave residents’ real ties to the land and culture – for them, nationality is rooted in a sense of community and continuity.
But, despite their preference for becoming Bangladeshi, doubts remain about their future.
“There remains some uncertainty about how we will be rehabilitated and facilitated by the Indian government,” he says.
Exclave resident Hafijur Rahman, who says he studied in Bangladesh using a fake address, is now an Intermediate-level student. As Indian nationals, exclave residents were not allowed to be admitted to schools or colleges in Bangladesh.
“We faced hassles using medical facilities in Bangladesh as well, because we did not have Bangladeshi citizenship.”
“Now, I have the opportunity to secure Bangladeshi nationality and I want to live in Bangladesh. Whatever the hassles I have faced, all the facilities I have enjoyed in my life were from Bangladesh,” he says.
Abdur Rashid, who spent 55 years of his life in Dasiar Chhara exclave in Kurigram district, does not want to go to India either. He says his kith and kin live in these parts and he wants to remain here as well.
Abdur Rashid works in a crop field and has sometimes gone to India for work.
“There are lot of work opportunities in India but I want to live in Bangladesh because my relatives are here,” he says.
Tied to the land by blood and sweat, he has decided to become a Bangladeshi citizen.
For many of those who live in the Indian exclaves, Bangladesh has provided a sense of home and hope.
With the intrusive and awkward boundary removed and the freedom to move around Bangladesh without let or hindrance restored, these soon-to-be Bangladeshis are hopeful.
He says: “Bangladesh should try to provide basic facilities including work opportunities to us. We have been deprived of our rights for a very long time.”
Moniruddin, 55, also a resident of Dasiar Chhara, is opting for Bangladesh as well. He too is hopeful about the future.
“I do not want to leave my homeland. I know we will get power connections and roads soon.”
- See more at: Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi | Dhaka Tribune
Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi | Dhaka Tribune
Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi
Jebun Nesa Alo
Long ignored and neglected, exclave residents are in the spotlight as they make choices about their livelihood, identity and future. The third part of this report explores why some exclave residents are choosing to become Bangladeshis
- See more at: Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi | Dhaka Tribune
Confident that he will receive the basic rights that he has been deprived of living in an Indian exclave, Shri Rajkumar Ovidash is opting to become a Bangladeshi.
“I want to live in Bangladesh because I grew up in this culture despite living on Indian land,” Ovidash, a resident of the Indian exclave of Bans Pachai in Lalmonirhat district, told the Dhaka Tribune.
Bans Pachai contains 152 families, numbering a total of 556 people, of whom not a single one wants to go to India.
Despite living on islands of Indian sovereignty within Bangladesh’s borders, India provided these exclave dwellers with precious little in the way of services; what amenities and facilities they were able to access, they accessed in Bangladesh.
There is a sense that Ovidash and others like him feel disconnected from and abandoned by India.
The 28-year-old bootmaker says he and his kin have been deprived of every basic amenity and public service, like medical care, education and administration, since the Liberation War.
“Now we will get Bangladeshi nationality and we hope the Bangladesh government will take responsibility for providing us with public services as soon as possible” he said.
“I do not want to go to India because I have some land here and have grown up surrounded by Bangladeshi people and culture,” he said.
The decision to become Bangladeshi is rooted in these exclave residents’ real ties to the land and culture – for them, nationality is rooted in a sense of community and continuity.
But, despite their preference for becoming Bangladeshi, doubts remain about their future.
“There remains some uncertainty about how we will be rehabilitated and facilitated by the Indian government,” he says.
Exclave resident Hafijur Rahman, who says he studied in Bangladesh using a fake address, is now an Intermediate-level student. As Indian nationals, exclave residents were not allowed to be admitted to schools or colleges in Bangladesh.
“We faced hassles using medical facilities in Bangladesh as well, because we did not have Bangladeshi citizenship.”
“Now, I have the opportunity to secure Bangladeshi nationality and I want to live in Bangladesh. Whatever the hassles I have faced, all the facilities I have enjoyed in my life were from Bangladesh,” he says.
Abdur Rashid, who spent 55 years of his life in Dasiar Chhara exclave in Kurigram district, does not want to go to India either. He says his kith and kin live in these parts and he wants to remain here as well.
Abdur Rashid works in a crop field and has sometimes gone to India for work.
“There are lot of work opportunities in India but I want to live in Bangladesh because my relatives are here,” he says.
Tied to the land by blood and sweat, he has decided to become a Bangladeshi citizen.
For many of those who live in the Indian exclaves, Bangladesh has provided a sense of home and hope.
With the intrusive and awkward boundary removed and the freedom to move around Bangladesh without let or hindrance restored, these soon-to-be Bangladeshis are hopeful.
He says: “Bangladesh should try to provide basic facilities including work opportunities to us. We have been deprived of our rights for a very long time.”
Moniruddin, 55, also a resident of Dasiar Chhara, is opting for Bangladesh as well. He too is hopeful about the future.
“I do not want to leave my homeland. I know we will get power connections and roads soon.”
- See more at: Indian exclave residents choose to become Bangladeshi | Dhaka Tribune
