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[quote=Anonymous]bengal- as in calcutta is magical - im from PK which is, I think, the most manageable of the 3 (5 if you count Nepal and Sri Lanka ) but Bangladeshis arent teh same as bangalis from India by a long shot.  PK's  also the least magical unless you go to the northern areas which are amazing but the lack of 'magic' also makes it less overwhelming.  It's probably the poorest of the countries, and a political and economic catastrophe but until very recently, you couldn't feel it, online shopping has actually had a more deleterious effect on the vibrancy of cities and neighborhoods than anything else and I imagine its much the same in Bangladesh. Bountiful boutiques, but no-one in them b/c on-line sopping is all the big fad.  hence being housebound and told to do shopping online.

Bangladeshis seem to have made a more concerted effort to address the classism and materialism that is inherent in all south asian cultures to a degree that puts the RHW of anywhere else to shame. There are Bangladeshis that are snooty but much much less and they seem more self aware and work to flatten class difference and embrace 'simplicity'. Bengalis are ...not like that, they are as one famously out it- the WASPS of India. incredibly sophisticated, educated, cultured.. just very different than their co-linguists. Calcutta was teh base of the Company for a longtime and that legacy is still very much there.

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