An Artificial Minority: The Stateless Biharis in Bangladesh

Farzana, Kazi Fahmida

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“…The legal status of the Bihari community is debatable. From several perspectives, Farzana (2009) showed that the status of the Bihari community does not fit any particular social category like refugees, emigrants, diaspora, etc. groups.…”

Section: Status Of Biharis In Bangladeshmentioning

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“…Rather, the territory of their residence has seceded from the mother country and became a separate, sovereign, and independent state. According to Farzana (2009), they are not migrants. Only a few people who migrated in East Pakistan from Uttar Pradesh (UP) who were mainly railway workers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Apart from that, many authors claimed Biharis to be stateless people. Farzana (2009) , 1971, and continues to be so resident and is not otherwise disqualified for being a citizen by or under any law for the time being in force". A plain reading of these two sub-sections would confirm the entitlement of the Biharis to citizenship of Bangladesh" These ordinances could only secure citizenship and rights of few people, mainly those who reside outside the Bihari camps , the dilemma remains as many of the Biharis were deprived of citizenship (Sattar, 2007).…”

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Origin and Socio-cultural Formation of Bihari Identity: A Study on Bihari Community in Bangladesh

Rahaman

Uddin

Hossain

2020

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Bihari community has been living in Bangladesh since 1947, after being forced to migrate from various regions of India. Owing to religious differences, the Bihari community was expelled for communal riot from their homeland. Subsequently, they moved to their ideological home propagated by two-nation theory. Bangladesh joined Pakistan as federal state after partition which made Muslims of India, including the Biharis, thought that Bangladesh was also their ideological home. Having a distinct language and culture, the Bihari community could not be able to assimilate into the society of Bangladesh. They had to remain stranded and stuck in between two cultures outside of their home. However, they were given citizenship by the Government of Bangladesh, but still the debate of them being ‘others’ still on. This study aims to trace out the origin of the Bihari community in Bangladesh and to find out their current socio-cultural condition. To reveal their socio-cultural condition, this study used qualitative method. Primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews in two Bihari settlements (camps) at Dhaka city. This study suggests that Bihari identity has been very problematic and still debatable. Even after 70 years, many Biharis have retained their distinct socio-cultural practices, while other chose assimilation. Nevertheless, their deplorable condition has been intensified by abject poverty, social exclusion and lack of entitlements to services affecting their socio-cultural condition.

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Section: Status Of Biharis In Bangladeshmentioning

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Section: Status Of Biharis In Bangladeshmentioning

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Origin and Socio-cultural Formation of Bihari Identity: A Study on Bihari Community in Bangladesh

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Uddin

Hossain

2020

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“…Described as an ‘artificial minority’, the Biharis of Bangladesh—despite belonging to the common faith, Islam—have been treated differently in terms of identity, nationality and social, economic and political status (Farzana 2009). 2727 During the Partition, about 1 million Urdu-speaking Muslims from present day Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan moved to East Pakistan.…”

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“…Described as an 'artificial minority', the Biharis of Bangladeshdespite belonging to the common faith, Islam-have been treated differently in terms of identity, nationality and social, economic and political status (Farzana 2009). 27 During the protracted Liberation War which culminated in the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, the Muslim League exploited the Bihari sentiments about religion and language (UNHCR 2000).…”

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Historical Continuities in South Asian Film Narratives:Contemporary Representations of Religious,Ethno-linguistic and Sexual Minorities

Sengupta

2020

Society and Culture in South Asia

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The article attempts to examine the construction and representation of minority identities in the visual cultures of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, thereby endeavouring to establish a cinematic historiography of South Asia. Since the cinematic medium can accomplish what written history cannot, this article makes an effort to understand the underlying causes of linearity and simultaneity which are fortes of the moving image, with regard to visual construction and representation of religious, ethno-linguistic and sexual identities. The major objectives of this article are to establish a comparative framework for the study of South Asian cinema with focus on films from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, outline a possible theoretical structure for the future study of South Asian cinema, contextualize the intervening spaces between cinema and politics—particularly the realms of cinematic representation of religious or communal identities in South Asian cinema, categorise existing trends and observe transformations in the methodology of cinematic representation of identities.

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Decolonization in South Asia

Sengupta¹

2021

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism

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An Artificial Minority: The Stateless Biharis in Bangladesh

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Origin and Socio-cultural Formation of Bihari Identity: A Study on Bihari Community in Bangladesh

Origin and Socio-cultural Formation of Bihari Identity: A Study on Bihari Community in Bangladesh

Historical Continuities in South Asian Film Narratives:Contemporary Representations of Religious,Ethno-linguistic and Sexual Minorities

Decolonization in South Asia

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