Feb
11
Backwater or beacon of hope?
By , 0 viewsBackwater or beacon of hope?
Bangladesh has in these past few decades been in near danger of turning into a backwater of Asia. You might sit up, and rather indignantly too, considering the enormous risks it took in winning its freedom from Pakistan through a bloody War of …
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In limbo between India and Bangladesh, a refugee camp is home
KOLKATA, INDIA // Purnima Mandol has spent her whole life caught in a stateless limbo between India and Bangladesh. "I was born here but I grew up like a refugee, standing in line for food handouts," said the 36-year-old, as she combed her hair outside …
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