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Date: 1st September 2011
the tale of traveller
I liked the storyteller, the links and observation.
From Blog: Legends of the Brahmaputra
the tale of traveller
I liked the storyteller, the links and observation.
From Blog: Legends of the Brahmaputra
Date: 16th March 2011
Thanks for the great post
Ahhh, Rongali Bihu... I dream of again attending it..perhaps next year.... Your tale of the fellowship of the road and travel is a reflection of why travelblog is such a great place to blog. I've never been to Bangladesh...though I saw it from Meghalaya...perhaps I should, on my way to Assam, next ...
From Blog: Legends of the Brahmaputra
Thanks for the great post
Ahhh, Rongali Bihu... I dream of again attending it..perhaps next year.... Your tale of the fellowship of the road and travel is a reflection of why travelblog is such a great place to blog. I've never been to Bangladesh...though I saw it from Meghalaya...perhaps I should, on my way to Assam, next ...
From Blog: Legends of the Brahmaputra
Date: 28th February 2011
www.bangladesh-next.com
so nice ..........really is beautiful
From Blog: The Village View
www.bangladesh-next.com
so nice ..........really is beautiful
From Blog: The Village View
Date: 28th January 2011
Relatives
Hi Mark, Well if it's any consolation the Bengalis are confusing about such things too, since they often refer to cousins and even more distant relatives as brothers and sisters. Sometimes when you know for a fact that someone has no sister, for example, suddenly they start talking about one (who turns out to be a cousin). As for aunts and uncles, don't get me started.... Things are done this way as a means of emphasising the importance of that person to the other, and the closeness of families. To call a cousin not a brother might not be so nice. In the end sometimes I don't bother to figure out the exact blood lineages, so I would guess that in Bhola, your changing number of siblings might not have always sounded odd to them. But funny, very funny to imagine you both trying to explain your massive family....
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Relatives
Hi Mark, Well if it's any consolation the Bengalis are confusing about such things too, since they often refer to cousins and even more distant relatives as brothers and sisters. Sometimes when you know for a fact that someone has no sister, for example, suddenly they start talking about one (who turns out to be a cousin). As for aunts and uncles, don't get me started.... Things are done this way as a means of emphasising the importance of that person to the other, and the closeness of families. To call a cousin not a brother might not be so nice. In the end sometimes I don't bother to figure out the exact blood lineages, so I would guess that in Bhola, your changing number of siblings might not have always sounded odd to them. But funny, very funny to imagine you both trying to explain your massive family....
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Date: 27th January 2011
Bhola reply
Andrew, you've got that question word perfect. The problem with answering the number of brothers and sisters was that I was travelling with a female work colleague and we had decided that we would be brother and sister to keep the questions about an unaccompanied female traveler to a minimum. We never did get our stories straight, I had variously 3 brothers ..... oh yes and my sister here when I forgot to pretend that we were brother and sister and when I remembered 2 sisters and 6 brothers to cover all the stories about our individual brothers and sisters that we had told. Some people must have been very confused when I told them that I had 3 brothers yet I described 3 of our brothers and my colleague went on to describe 3 different brothers and a sister. This caused many laughs from us later in private.
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Bhola reply
Andrew, you've got that question word perfect. The problem with answering the number of brothers and sisters was that I was travelling with a female work colleague and we had decided that we would be brother and sister to keep the questions about an unaccompanied female traveler to a minimum. We never did get our stories straight, I had variously 3 brothers ..... oh yes and my sister here when I forgot to pretend that we were brother and sister and when I remembered 2 sisters and 6 brothers to cover all the stories about our individual brothers and sisters that we had told. Some people must have been very confused when I told them that I had 3 brothers yet I described 3 of our brothers and my colleague went on to describe 3 different brothers and a sister. This caused many laughs from us later in private.
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Date: 26th January 2011
Bhola
Hi Mark, Thanks for the compliment, glad you like it, and glad you like Bangladesh too. Feel free to drop by next time you are in Dhaka. You know the funny thing about travelling is no matter where you go, people have strange things to say about the place next door - maybe like Sydney / Melbourne. In Hatiya people used to say Bholans were rude. Of course it is not true - they are really similar to Hatiyans, but they have a bit of a different accent in Bangla, so maybe it comes from there. Anyway, some Hatiyans were originally Bholans, and some of the things the Hatiyans say about other places nearby are much worse! I heard about Fred in Char Fashion many years back. I always meant to go and see but even though it's just over the river and I have Bholan friends these days, I never made it, yet! So Mark, how many brothers and sisters are you? (have i been here too long???)
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Bhola
Hi Mark, Thanks for the compliment, glad you like it, and glad you like Bangladesh too. Feel free to drop by next time you are in Dhaka. You know the funny thing about travelling is no matter where you go, people have strange things to say about the place next door - maybe like Sydney / Melbourne. In Hatiya people used to say Bholans were rude. Of course it is not true - they are really similar to Hatiyans, but they have a bit of a different accent in Bangla, so maybe it comes from there. Anyway, some Hatiyans were originally Bholans, and some of the things the Hatiyans say about other places nearby are much worse! I heard about Fred in Char Fashion many years back. I always meant to go and see but even though it's just over the river and I have Bholan friends these days, I never made it, yet! So Mark, how many brothers and sisters are you? (have i been here too long???)
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Date: 26th January 2011
Great blog
Hi Andrew, I am from Melbourne Australia and I have been following your blog to help prepare for a short visit I payed to Char Fassion Bhola Island 2 weeks ago. I found your stories covering local customs so rich and informative, and it certainly helped me to overcome my initial culture shock. I love all the anecdotes. I was visiting Fred Hyde an amazing man, who runs 41 schools in southern Bhola. All the school costs are covered by donours mainly from Australia, in fact my school is one of the donour schools. The most amazing thing is that Fred is 90 and still going strong managing the whole project. Well I certainly loved Bangladesh, all the tea drinking, warm and inviting people and the curiosity ... I have never been so thoroughly questioned about my family! Keep this great blog going. Regards, Mark
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Great blog
Hi Andrew, I am from Melbourne Australia and I have been following your blog to help prepare for a short visit I payed to Char Fassion Bhola Island 2 weeks ago. I found your stories covering local customs so rich and informative, and it certainly helped me to overcome my initial culture shock. I love all the anecdotes. I was visiting Fred Hyde an amazing man, who runs 41 schools in southern Bhola. All the school costs are covered by donours mainly from Australia, in fact my school is one of the donour schools. The most amazing thing is that Fred is 90 and still going strong managing the whole project. Well I certainly loved Bangladesh, all the tea drinking, warm and inviting people and the curiosity ... I have never been so thoroughly questioned about my family! Keep this great blog going. Regards, Mark
From Blog: I Don't Eat Fish
Date: 13th January 2011
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my.comilla.is.a.very.beutiful.i.like.it.a.vilgea
From Blog: The Village View
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my.comilla.is.a.very.beutiful.i.like.it.a.vilgea
From Blog: The Village View
Date: 26th December 2010
Thanks
Ha! Glad you found it. Hatiya is great isn't it? Must have been amazing in 1985 since every year things get a little less traditional - progress is good though... It's funny, just yesterday (Christmas) I was counting my Hatiyan blessings because while I am in Dhaka one of my friends was in the tea shop in Hatiya translating Christmas greetings from the locals (many of whom can't write well) and sending them by SMS. It is really touching to get messages like that when I am from the other side of the world originally, and especially because they don't know much about the Christian religion since there really aren't any Christians in Hatiya. I recall in 1999 there were many people who had never heard of it. The most remarkable thing is they simply don't care! Hatiyans are fantastically tolerant most of the time. And they have blessed my life.
From Blog: On Football and Dogs
Thanks
Ha! Glad you found it. Hatiya is great isn't it? Must have been amazing in 1985 since every year things get a little less traditional - progress is good though... It's funny, just yesterday (Christmas) I was counting my Hatiyan blessings because while I am in Dhaka one of my friends was in the tea shop in Hatiya translating Christmas greetings from the locals (many of whom can't write well) and sending them by SMS. It is really touching to get messages like that when I am from the other side of the world originally, and especially because they don't know much about the Christian religion since there really aren't any Christians in Hatiya. I recall in 1999 there were many people who had never heard of it. The most remarkable thing is they simply don't care! Hatiyans are fantastically tolerant most of the time. And they have blessed my life.
From Blog: On Football and Dogs
পাইছি আপনেরে
Gotcha! I was looking for you after that 'Hatiya Mejbankhana" episode but no email address was included in the article. It is only now that I stumbled upon your blog. I got curiouser doubly because I stayed in Hatiya in 1985. It is amazing how you could understand a different people so completely, being from the other side of the great economic divide.
From Blog: On Football and Dogs
Date: 27th November 2010
traffic jams
it's most problem of dhaka city(?), oh no it's now effect all bangladesh. a) First office and importance support cycle transfer other's distric to upzilla. b) create self job site without dhaka.c) build self carrier in self distric. >>student of bogra polytechnic institute
From Blog: The Life in Traffic Jams
traffic jams
it's most problem of dhaka city(?), oh no it's now effect all bangladesh. a) First office and importance support cycle transfer other's distric to upzilla. b) create self job site without dhaka.c) build self carrier in self distric. >>student of bogra polytechnic institute
From Blog: The Life in Traffic Jams
Date: 20th November 2010
Thanks
Thank you Jasmine. I don't know what to say! Such nice feedback, thank you, but it's not really me though that makes those articles.... it is Bangladesh. This is a really inspiring country and I am so lucky to live here!
From Blog: Dhaka, City of Service
Thanks
Thank you Jasmine. I don't know what to say! Such nice feedback, thank you, but it's not really me though that makes those articles.... it is Bangladesh. This is a really inspiring country and I am so lucky to live here!
From Blog: Dhaka, City of Service
Date: 19th November 2010
I really do appreciate the way you depicted my beloved motherland. Please keep on your writing in the Star magazine . After a long search I have found this site. Your work really touch my heart. It makes me proud ,the way you present the trivial aspect with such concern and love. Though it is not possible , but I wish to meet you and know you personally . Wish you a happy and healthy life.
From Blog: Dhaka, City of Service
I really do appreciate the way you depicted my beloved motherland. Please keep on your writing in the Star magazine . After a long search I have found this site. Your work really touch my heart. It makes me proud ,the way you present the trivial aspect with such concern and love. Though it is not possible , but I wish to meet you and know you personally . Wish you a happy and healthy life.
From Blog: Dhaka, City of Service
Date: 15th November 2010
thank you
Thanks das. I don't know about 'braving' the trip, I suppose there was something of that in the beginning. As you know, India is quite a contrast from Sydney, even more so in those days. But afterwards such things are naturally remembered as a great privilege and good fortune. Aside from all the cultures and new experiences, India has so much to say about 'the human condition.' For an Australian there is simply so much to learn there.
From Blog: Bangladesh Waiting
thank you
Thanks das. I don't know about 'braving' the trip, I suppose there was something of that in the beginning. As you know, India is quite a contrast from Sydney, even more so in those days. But afterwards such things are naturally remembered as a great privilege and good fortune. Aside from all the cultures and new experiences, India has so much to say about 'the human condition.' For an Australian there is simply so much to learn there.
From Blog: Bangladesh Waiting
Date: 11th November 2010
you are right
you are correct that people are essentially honest and that it is not relative to their economic condition. i reckon honesty is worn like a badge of pride for the poorest and only desperation in the face of plenty can change a person. thank you for braving the trip. after an entire lifetime in calcutta i moved to sydney and can understand how difficult it is for australian youth to even think of braving a trip through india let alone actually doing it. good on you.
From Blog: Bangladesh Waiting
you are right
you are correct that people are essentially honest and that it is not relative to their economic condition. i reckon honesty is worn like a badge of pride for the poorest and only desperation in the face of plenty can change a person. thank you for braving the trip. after an entire lifetime in calcutta i moved to sydney and can understand how difficult it is for australian youth to even think of braving a trip through india let alone actually doing it. good on you.
From Blog: Bangladesh Waiting
Date: 22nd June 2010
Would be great to visit Bluefields, but it is a long way from Dhaka where I live now. Maybe one day.... thanks.
From Blog: The Culture of Sound
Would be great to visit Bluefields, but it is a long way from Dhaka where I live now. Maybe one day.... thanks.
From Blog: The Culture of Sound
Date: 21st June 2010
could you please visit bluefields?
no travelbloggers ever do a decent travelblog on bluefields. could you do everyone a favor and do a travelblog from bluefields?
From Blog: The Culture of Sound
could you please visit bluefields?
no travelbloggers ever do a decent travelblog on bluefields. could you do everyone a favor and do a travelblog from bluefields?
From Blog: The Culture of Sound
Date: 18th June 2010
Thumbs up
its a nice article about dhaka, keep it coming :) best wishes raffee
From Blog: Dhaka, City of Service
Thumbs up
its a nice article about dhaka, keep it coming :) best wishes raffee
From Blog: Dhaka, City of Service
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francis
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hi
hello, I have read and I admired how to tell your stay is often the most simple gesture that marks the most in life, I like this way of telling details as I often found among writers Russian. greetings.
From Blog: About Mrs. Val