Status and identity crisis of the Bihari diaspora in Bangladesh (original) (raw)

2020

Abstract

Urdu-speaking Bihari community was displaced from various regions of India initially after the partition and once again after the independence of Bangladesh. As they are considered Pakistani in a primordial sense, lots of attempts were made to send them back to Pakistan, their ideological home. But due to diplomatic failure and several other reasons, only a few people could repatriate, left majority behind. But they could never assimilate here. As a result, their identity crisis began. The government of Bangladesh, considering their despondent condition, declared them as citizens of Bangladesh. But still there remain difficulties in achieving full functioning citizenship status since they have not fully integrated into the society as a whole. This study aims to reveal the current condition of the Bihari identity crisis and the degree of assimilation to the Bengali society and culture. By adopting a qualitative approach, it took stratified sampling method to collect data. Data were c...

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