Why is there cultural partition between West Bengal and East Bengal (Bangladesh) since forever?

[Riyad]

Bengal was a strange province of British governed India. In this Indian province the eastern part was very different from its western counterpart.

Eastern Bengalis although spoke Bengali but the accent was vastly different from Western Bengalis. Its just not because of religion but Hindus of East Bengal, the ancestors of Bangladeshi Muslims spoke an entirely different accent, called 'Bangal' accent which was totally different from West Bengal accent. These Hindus of East Bengal are still called 'Bangal', not 'Bangali' because of the accent. Food habit was different between East Bengali and West Bengali Hindus.

Since there was no geographical barrier between East and West Bengal why was there always been a cultural barrier between the two?

 

[CrazyZ]

Divide and conquer.

 

[anyrandom]

Another Bangladeshi desperately trying to forge a unique identity.
Look buddy, you have got a country and no one is interested in your swamp land. We want to do trade with you but it doesn't make strategic sense for India to annex such a small portion of land with a gigantic population.
There is no need to be so insecure.

 

[Black_cats]

Another Bangladeshi desperately trying to forge a unique identity.
Look buddy, you have got a country and no one is interested in your swamp land. We want to do trade with you but it doesn't make strategic sense for India to annex such a small portion of land with a gigantic population.
There is no need to be so insecure.

With Muslim supposed to become majority in West Bengal by 2050-2060 it is for sure can happen that West Bengal marge with Bangladesh at least the Muslim majority region including Kolkata.

Bangladesh has already overtaken West Bengal economically. The gap will only widen over time. At some point people of West Bengal may find staying at the union of India will not be beneficial for them. After all West Bengal is now considered one of the bottom ranked state of India.

 

[CrazyZ]

With Muslim supposed to become majority in West Bengal by 2050-2060 it is for sure can happen that West Bengal marge with Bangladesh at least the Muslim majority region including Kolkata.

Bangladesh has already overtaken West Bengal economically. The gap will only widen over time. At some point people of West Bengal may find staying at the union of India will not be beneficial for them. After all West Bengal is now considered one of the bottom ranked state of India.

Liberate your Bengali brethren from the clutches of these hindi speaking savages. Assam, the rest NE India and the Rakhine state shouldn't be forgotten as well. Greater Bangladesh!!

 

[anyrandom]

With Muslim supposed to become majority in West Bengal by 2050-2060 it is for sure can happen that West Bengal marge with Bangladesh at least the Muslim majority region including Kolkata.

Bangladesh has already overtaken West Bengal economically. The gap will only widen over time. At some point people of West Bengal may find staying at the union of India will not be beneficial for them. After all West Bengal is now considered one of the bottom ranked state of India.

Just pray that one certain region isn't undersea by then.

 

[Riyad]

Liberate your Bengali brethren from the clutches of these hindi speaking savages. Assam, the rest NE India and the Rakhine state shouldn't be forgotten as well. Greater Bangladesh!!

Nah.. Greater Bangladesh is not possibility in future. West Bengalis are way different from Bangladeshis aka East Bengalis.

Bangal and Bangali are two different ethnicities all together. Kolkata has always been a foreign city for East Bengalis even during British India period.

Bangladeshi and West Bengali are like two opposite sides of a coin.

I wonder what made both part of Bengal so opposite to each other despite there is no geographical barrier.

 

[CrazyZ]

Nah.. Greater Bangladesh is not possibility in future. West Bengalis are way different from Bangladeshis aka East Bengalis.

Bangal and Bangali are two different ethnicities all together. Kolkata has always been a foreign city for East Bengalis even during British India period.

Bangladeshi and West Bengali are like two opposite sides of a coin.

I wonder what made both part of Bengal so opposite to each other despite there is no geographical barrier.

Major difference is religion....which should not matter to a secular nation. You share a common language with the west, all Bengali speakers should have a common nation.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Bangladesh and West Bengal both are shiit basically. But one is less shiit than the other. In this case WB is less shiit than BD. Even geographic and population wise. The more western influence the better. As WB was more connected to western influence for longer period, it became a less shiitty. WB also consists of more connected, less swampy and higher elevated lands, unlike BD which is divided by many water bodies. In this case colleted ideologies can be spread among larger sets of people much easily, unlike BD. BD remained a disconnected isolated land with more idiotic people than WB. Hence BD developed weaker bad sounding accents called, Bangal and possessed less brain cells. Collective superior ideologies gives birth to superior languages. We can see how well constructed language English is and Spanish is just the opposite. And we can see where in the world English people stand and where the Spanish are.

 

[Black_cats]

Bangladesh and West Bengal both are shiit basically. But one is less shiit than the other. In this case WB is less shiit than BD. Even geographic and population wise. The more western influence the better. As WB was more connected to western influence for longer period, it became a less shiitty. WB also consists of more connected, less swampy and higher elevated lands, unlike BD which is divided by many water bodies. In this case colleted ideologies can be spread among larger sets of people much easily, unlike BD. BD remained a disconnected isolated land with more idiotic people than WB. Hence BD developed weaker bad sounding accents called, Bangal and possessed less brain cells. Collective superior ideologies gives birth to superior languages. We can see how well constructed language English is and Spanish is just the opposite. And we can see where in the world English people stand and where the Spanish are.

At night got too much dose of alcohol? If I am not wrong you use Bangladeshi flag. Mod should check false flagger like you!!

 

[anyrandom]

Bangladesh and West Bengal both are shiit basically. But one is less shiit than the other. In this case WB is less shiit than BD. Even geographic and population wise. The more western influence the better. As WB was more connected to western influence for longer period, it became a less shiitty. WB also consists of more connected, less swampy and higher elevated lands, unlike BD which is divided by many water bodies. In this case colleted ideologies can be spread among larger sets of people much easily, unlike BD. BD remained a disconnected isolated land with more idiotic people than WB. Hence BD developed weaker bad sounding accents called, Bangal and possessed less brain cells. Collective superior ideologies gives birth to superior languages. We can see how well constructed language English is and Spanish is just the opposite. And we can see where in the world English people stand and where the Spanish are.

In Northern India(which doesn't includes WB), there is a general perception that Bengalis are the useless intellectual types. At least that's what the Bengalis of India get themselves involved in.
Communism, Marxism, TMC.....all kinds of shitty ideologies had their foothold in West Bengal. While the rest of India surged forward, these crazy intellectuals in their arrogance are still living in the mid 20th century.

A great shock and push are needed to bring these lazy people out of slumber.

 

[Bengal71]

In Northern India(which doesn't includes WB), there is a general perception that Bengalis are the useless intellectual types. At least that's what the Bengalis of India get themselves involved in.
Communism, Marxism, TMC.....all kinds of shitty ideologies had their foothold in West Bengal. While the rest of India surged forward, these crazy intellectuals in their arrogance are still living in the mid 20th century.

A great shock and push are needed to bring these lazy people out of slumber.

Bengalis are the best of breed of the subcontinent. Largenumber of your independence heroes are Bengalis.

@Joe Shearer

 

[anyrandom]

Bengalis are the best of breed of the subcontinent. Largenumber of your independence heroes are Bengalis.

@Joe Shearer

A large number of Hindu reformers and philosophers are also Bengali like Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore.
The point is that Bengalis are considered lazy who indulge in mindless intellectualism. At least this is the perception of people outside Bengal for the Bengalis.
For ex: Bengal has one of the poorest infrastructure in India and its labourers are considered lazy in the rest of India. Nobody wants to hire them. It also has a low GDP. Bengal also lacks any large scale private industry because of Marxism(an intellectual's wet dream).

Given the current state of affairs there(at least in WB), denying any value in this perception seems ludicrous.
Without a hardcore revival of the Hindutva movement in West Bengal, there is little chance of it coming out of this puddle. That time is coming soon.

 

[Saiful Islam]

A large number of Hindu reformers and philosophers are also Bengali like Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore.
The point is that Bengalis are considered lazy who indulge in mindless intellectualism. At least this is the perception of people outside Bengal for the Bengalis.
For ex: Bengal has one of the poorest infrastructure in India and its labourers are considered lazy in the rest of India. Nobody wants to hire them. It also has a low GDP. Bengal also lacks any large scale private industry because of Marxism(an intellectual's wet dream).

Given the current state of affairs there(at least in WB), denying any value in this perception seems ludicrous.
Without a hardcore revival of the Hindutva movement in West Bengal, there is little chance of it coming out of this puddle. That time is coming soon.

Bengali Hindus show those traits, even in Brit history books the first encounters of Bengalis they were always seen to be in government posts and were described in quite demoralizing ways. One book described Bengalis to have "globular" legs (not sure what this means, but its a dig at their stature).

 

[Avicenna]

A large number of Hindu reformers and philosophers are also Bengali like Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore.
The point is that Bengalis are considered lazy who indulge in mindless intellectualism. At least this is the perception of people outside Bengal for the Bengalis.
For ex: Bengal has one of the poorest infrastructure in India and its labourers are considered lazy in the rest of India. Nobody wants to hire them. It also has a low GDP. Bengal also lacks any large scale private industry because of Marxism(an intellectual's wet dream).

Given the current state of affairs there(at least in WB), denying any value in this perception seems ludicrous.
Without a hardcore revival of the Hindutva movement in West Bengal, there is little chance of it coming out of this puddle. That time is coming soon.

Yes you are quite correct in that Bengalis are lazy and indulge in mindless intellectualism.

Truer words can not be said.