What explains the frustrations of the Dhakaya elites?

[BananaRepublicUK]

The current frustration is very similar to the frustration in the late 1960s.

The Dhakaya elite felt marginalised and overlooked by the Pakistani elite.

The rebellion against Pakistan was driven entirely from Dhaka University.

Rest of the country, particularly rural areas, were extremely pro Pakistan.

Now the descendants of those elites feel marginalised and passed over by imported Indians.

They also see a lack of opportunities for them because the Hasina government is focussing on quantity of jobs rather than quality of jobs.

The Dhakaya elite want government to protect and subsidise “hi tech industries” to utilise their “talent”.

However, that is a delusional demand because it will massively slow down growth and waste money on industries that will be uncompetitive.

They also want government to increase revenue to fund its own infrastructure - so that they can learn through trial and error!

Yet another delusional demand!

In an united Pakistan, Major Zia (founder of BNP) would have never made it beyond a Colonel. But in an independent Bangladesh he made it to a General.

Mujib turned Majors into Generals.

Now the Dhakaya elites’ demand is that Mujib’s daughter turn mechanics into engineers!

Instead of accusing, first Pakistani elites and now, Indian elites of discrimination - Dhakaya elites should look at itself and try to get at least one of its universities into the top 100 in Asia.

We cannot let the bitterness of the Dhakaya elite lead to another revolution!!


@UKBengali
@EasyNow
@jamahir

 

[EasyNow]

The current frustration is very similar to the frustration in the late 1960s.

The Dhakaya elite felt marginalised and overlooked by the Pakistani elite.

The rebellion against Pakistan was driven entirely from Dhaka University.

Rest of the country, particularly rural areas, were extremely pro Pakistan.

Now the descendants of those elites feel marginalised and passed over by imported Indians.

They also see a lack of opportunities for them because the Hasina government is focussing on quantity of jobs rather than quality of jobs.

The Dhakaya elite want government to protect and subsidise “hi tech industries” to utilise their “talent”.

However, that is a delusional demand because it will massively slow down growth and waste money on industries that will be uncompetitive.

They also want government to increase revenue to fund its own infrastructure - so that they can learn through trial and error!

Yet another delusional demand!

In an united Pakistan, Major Zia (founder of BNP) would have never made it beyond a Colonel. But in an independent Bangladesh he made it to a General.

Mujib turned Majors into Generals.

Now the Dhakaya elites’ demand is that Mujib’s daughter turn mechanics into engineers!

Instead of accusing, first Pakistani elites and now, Indian elites of discrimination - Dhakaya elites should look at itself and try to get at least one of its universities into the top 100 in Asia.

We cannot let the bitterness of the Dhakaya elite lead to another revolution!!


@UKBengali
@EasyNow
@jamahir

Bro the frustrated aren't the dhakaiya elite - the elite are doing better than ever, trust me.

Check out the quality of life - standards of restaurants, hotels, offices, homes, hospitals and universities - things the elites avail. They are also reaping record profits in every sector.

The frustrated are the lonely outcasts, the ones who missed the boat in the last election by boycotting - and refused to partake in the growth.

They're not the elites, they are the fifth column malcontents.

 

[Destranator]

"Dhakaiya Elite" is not a category that exists. Dhakaiyas are natives of Dhaka district regardless of social stature.
Get some real education about Bangladesh instead of listening to illiterate peasants who migrated to the UK 50 years ago.
Illiterate Bangladeshis back in the 50s-60s had a completely different worldview - in the absence of access to media, their world was limited to their immediate surroundings. Ill-informed, moronic ideas like non-Sylhetis being "Dhakaiyas" do not exist in modern Sylhet - the ideas are residual among the peasants who left the country and passed on their ignorance to their offsprings.
It is the same mindset that would make you group everyone you disagree with as "elites", "non-Sylhetis", etc.

@Homo Sapiens
@PoondolotoPandalum, I remember you guys discussing on previous occasions this prevalent ignorance among a segment of British Sylhetis - it is sad to see this being passed down to younger generations.
My modern Sylheti relatives and friends scoff at such ignorance.

It is so pathetic to see a Bangladeshi open a thread like this. Such naivety must be challenged so that we do not pass down the ignorance any further. It is quite demeaning to Sylhetis in general.

 

[F-6 enthusiast]

@PoondolotoPandalum, I remember you guys discussing on previous occasions this prevalent ignorance among a segment of British Sylhetis - it is sad to see this being passed down to younger generations.
My modern Sylheti relatives and friends scoff at such ignorance.

this.

Many do not understand shuddho bangla (and scoff when they hear it) act as if Dhaka or any other Jela is some backwater. Ignorant fools those people.

oh btw i'm back

 

[Destranator]

this.

Many do not understand shuddho bangla (and scoff when they hear it) act as if Dhaka or any other Jela is some backwater. Ignorant fools those people.

Imagine Chittaingas and Noakhaillas acting the same way. @AmiEktaKharapChele

oh btw i'm back

Welcome back, bro. Are you back to reinforce "Dhakaiya Elites"?

 

[F-6 enthusiast]

Imagine Chittaingas and Noakhaillas acting the same. @AmiEktaKharapChele

Chitaingas and Noakhaillas get a pass.
There's a boundary between pride and arrogance. Arrogance being displayed by some ppl should raise eyebrows.

Are you back to reinforce "Dhakaiyas Elites"?

Always have Been

DACCA INVICTA !

 

[F-6 enthusiast]

Arrogance being displayed by some ppl should raise eyebrows.

on the Sylhet Flood threads , someone was saying that Sylhet doesn't need financial assistance from the BD Gov cos they can handle it....

That is arrogance

The current frustration is very similar to the frustration in the late 1960s.

The Dhakaya elite felt marginalised and overlooked by the Pakistani elite.

The rebellion against Pakistan was driven entirely from Dhaka University.

Rest of the country, particularly rural areas, were extremely pro Pakistan.

Now the descendants of those elites feel marginalised and passed over by imported Indians.

They also see a lack of opportunities for them because the Hasina government is focussing on quantity of jobs rather than quality of jobs.

The Dhakaya elite want government to protect and subsidise “hi tech industries” to utilise their “talent”.

However, that is a delusional demand because it will massively slow down growth and waste money on industries that will be uncompetitive.

They also want government to increase revenue to fund its own infrastructure - so that they can learn through trial and error!

Yet another delusional demand!

In an united Pakistan, Major Zia (founder of BNP) would have never made it beyond a Colonel. But in an independent Bangladesh he made it to a General.

Mujib turned Majors into Generals.

Now the Dhakaya elites’ demand is that Mujib’s daughter turn mechanics into engineers!

Instead of accusing, first Pakistani elites and now, Indian elites of discrimination - Dhakaya elites should look at itself and try to get at least one of its universities into the top 100 in Asia.

We cannot let the bitterness of the Dhakaya elite lead to another revolution!!


@UKBengali
@EasyNow
@jamahir

 

[AmiEktaKharapChele]

Imagine Chittaingas and Noakhaillas acting the same. @AmiEktaKharapChele

Chittagong and Noakhalli only have a funny rivalry of sorts, it's not toxic or of a xenophobic nature (if you could even use that word here).


The main gripes in Chittagong about noakhaillas is that they have a large population (apparently) and that they love moving into Chittagong and starting lives/families here, thereby displacing the locals.


I understand this sentiment but then again, this is their country as much as it is ours, so life goes on, I know many Noakhaillas who married intp Chittagonian families and have children who are fully Chittagonian in every sense of the word.



Also most people in Bangladesh look at regional dialectical differences with curiousity and amusement.. indeed, this is the basis of many a funny Eid natoks and so on.



While in Bangladesh recently, I spoke mostly Chittagonian and nobody ever had a issue with it, even people who aren't from Chittagong.



Vice versa with shuddo bangla, most Chittagonian people speak to their kids in shuddo bangla and nobody makes a big deal of "hurr durr preserve your local language"...



Chittagonians only speak in the local dialect to their murobbis, their siblings and among friends or other Chittagonian people.



Until people know your Chittagonian, people just converse in shuddo bangla and there is no disdain of any sorts.



I don't know how it is in sylhet but we have no issues with speaking shuddo bangla for the non-locals and vice versa they have no problems with listening to us speak in Chittagonian (even if they sometimes have no clue about what is being said).


This is my experience from Chittagong of course, I would love to try speaking Chittagonian to random people in Dhaka and see how long it would take for someone to ask me to speak properly, if at all.



Mind you, Chittagonian has a vastly different vocabulary and sentence structure to that of standard Bengali, due to our city being a port city, there has been alot of amalgamation with other languages.



Chittagonian actually had it's own writing system, based on the Arabic script although now it is lost.



Although there are grammatical rules and clauses, nobody knows them anymore, we just figure it out by virtue of being native speakers and having learnt how to speak from our elders...


Also, there are different dialects within Chittagonian itself, city people have a different dialect and accent as opposed to village people, then you have people from raozan who speak totally different to people from Chittagong proper. People of Cox's bazar also speak a specific dialect of Chittagonian, then you have a Chittagonian of sorts that is spoken by the hill people of cht, who made up a mix of Chittagonian and their local languages.


Also, rohingya is also a "sibling" language of Chittagonian, although they're not 100% mutually intelligible, rohingya has a huge chunk of it's vocabulary based of Arabic and Burmese.


Nobody makes a big fuss about it, although maybe it should be preserved but oh well, Bangladeshis and Chittagonians have bigger things to worry about than who is superior to who and so on.

 

[Destranator]

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"Yes!....In my ignorant/illiterate little head, they are whispering in 'shuddho bhasha' (instead of the Dhakaiya dialect they are supposed to speak)".