Bangla and Bangladesh are still one but people like you who are Islamophobic always try to relate religion with ethnicity. Bangla doesn't have Muslims? Do they follow Arabic culture? By this logic all Muslim majority countries follow Arabic culture. We were Bengali, will remain Bengali because you can change your religion but can't change your ethnicity even if you try hard.
We haven't diluted our Bengali culture. Its you who have diluted Bengali culture to Hindustani culture. Our country is based on Bengali nationalism. We are more Bengali torch bearer than you to the world. We fought to establish Bengali language. Due to us world celebrates mother language day. What have you done for Bengali language? Nothing. Just big talk. Now just don't give some example of ancient novelists and poets. They were as much ours as yours. So you don't have exclusive rights to them. Due to us you can type in Bengali because you use our language software. So be thankful to Bangladesh.
Ha? Bangladeshis divided Bengal to have their own "Muslim country", parted ways with Hindu Bengalis, and persecuted, massacred, their fellow Bengalis on the basis of religion, compelled them for a forced-exodus, which is still continuing even today, and I am the one "Relating religion with ethnicity"??
The "Bengali nationalism" in Bangladesh is an afterthought when "Islamic nationalism" didn't work...
do remember that the partition happened to create "East Pakistan", not "Bangladesh", and I am sure you know the difference.
Bangladeshis' ethnicity didn't change, but their culture surely got significantly influenced by the 'Arab culture'...whatever that is.......and the Arab influence in Bangladesh is increasing with every passing day. Here in this forum 80% of your fellow countrymen despise everything "Bengali", calling them 'Hindu culture', insulting every Bengali icon worth mentioning...........apparently you are a small minority in Bangladesh, at least in this forum, who want anything to do with a "Bengali identity".
Tell me when you have a fair representation in Indian society.
What is that? We need to breed more?
@Rain Man what part you dont understand. Bangladesh means, Land of Bangla and Bangladeshi means Bengali people? Is it too hard to understand?
I was proposing to change the national anthem to ease on confusion. When someone sings Sonar Bangla or chant Joy Bangla, he means the Bangladesh area. Bangladesh could easily name itself Bangla during liberation war. But all understand this, either part dont have exclusive right on total Bangla but inch of these areas are Banglas. So they opted modified Bangla name which is Bangladesh. But West Bengal now started confusion by laying claim on total name in a hope to re brand itself. Not to forget, no one knew these areas as Bangla but Muslim rulers first unified these areas and took the name Vangala from one region and named total region the same, before that one area maybe known as Gauda, one Pundra, Samatat, Harikela, Vanga etc.
Eventually the name Bengal/Bangla will survive because of us, your compatriots here would prefer to sink the name "Bangladesh" somewhere deep in the Bay of Bengal if they could, and they are getting stronger and will come to power some day...
You mentioned only the final outcome of a process that ended in which is called 'Partition' of Bengal, Punjab and India in 1947. But, very conveniently you forgot to mentiont the causes of this partition. It was in 1905 that the British rulers came forward to divide Bengal and join the east with Assam in order to safekeeping the interest of the Muslims. Bangali Babu Hindus came with an agitation ploy that undid it.
All-India Muslim League was formed in Dhaka in 1910-11 to safeguard the Muslim interest throughout India. There was a chain of events during the next four decades and the final outcome was Partition.
That's what I am saying, Bangladeshis' religious identity is far more important than their ethnic identity, that makes them Bangladeshis, not Bengalis.