Why do Sylhetis find it difficult to mix with Bengalis?

[Nilgiri]

Cool it down everyone, stop derailing.

@Dubious @waz

 

[Dubious]

Cool it down everyone, stop derailing.

@Dubious @waz

@Zaki @Irfan Baloch @AgNoStiC MuSliM

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Last time, i shut down ur arse on the same issue.

Today again you are doing the same thing without any reason.

Now, there can only be one reason for that? You feel betrayed that we left your sorry arse back in 71?

its good they are independent otherwise this Burmese and Rohinya issue would have been also West Pakistan's fault

maybe he is tarnished by the BSF hanging his favorite heroes on the polls and barbed wires along the Bangladesh and Indian border

 

[EasyNow]

@Riyad I'm afraid your observation is about 10 years too late. The provincialism of old is dying and rapidly so. In this globally networked world, to deny people by district is ridiculous isn't it?.

Yes, Sylheti society is traditionally quite closed and conservative. As with most farming, landholding societies we like to keep our resources within our community, in 'safe hands' (not so safe anyway as most have come to realise).

But things are changing rapidly. The number of non-sylhetis in Sylhet has increased markedly, most craft businesses are owned by non sylhetis, most service work too. Marriage outside of Sylhet is also increasingly common amongst the educated classes - which is increasing in size.

That's because private and further education are booming in Sylhet - and people are much more attuned to the national zeitgeist. The gap is getting narrower every day, so you can rest easy, the difficulty is almost over.

I used to pray Jummah namaz at a Sylheti masjid in London every week for several months.

No one minded that I was an obviously light-skinned Pakistani, infact they went out of their way to be hospitable.

Other than that I have a lot of Sylheti and Bangalis friends, so I can make the distinction.

I know many great Bangalis too, and they are great folks. Their priorities about identity and ideas about Pakistan and Hindus are just very different.

Although, I will say that Sylhetis generally introduce themselves as Bangladeshis to non-Bangladeshi people.

Then when they open up, their political and religious views are very different to the common Bangali and it really shows.

You are interacting mostly with British Bangladeshis and as with all 1st and 2nd gen immigrants there is an identity adjustment. British Pakistanis, Bangalis, Muslims from any south Asian country get on relatively well. But it's not a true representation of the native communities.

 

[ghost250]

http://defencenews.in/article.aspx?...JJPkreZfLkjfEnLBRj4O--ht-eltq24s4UvOL5f_l6wpQ

Now Sindhis Demand Independent Nation In Pakistan

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

http://defencenews.in/article.aspx?...JJPkreZfLkjfEnLBRj4O--ht-eltq24s4UvOL5f_l6wpQ

Now Sindhis Demand Independent Nation In Pakistan

Lol. Please stay on topic.

You are interacting mostly with British Bangladeshis and as with all 1st and 2nd gen immigrants there is an identity adjustment. British Pakistanis, Bangalis, Muslims from any south Asian country get on relatively well. But it's not a true representation of the native communities.

I think it’s pretty cool how Sylhetis are close to Pakistanis in their way of thinking, if nothing else.

Not any offense to Bangalis, but our way of thinking and understanding of ourselves is very different.