Greetings to Bangladesh

[princess_khan]

Salam to my bangali muslim brothers and sisters. I hope you are all in good health as you read this.

I am a punjabi girl from england. My parents came here from pakistan in 1970's & I was born & bred here in the uk.

I live in a city in england called bradford. Its in a northern area called west yorkshire. Its a place with alot of pakistani & some bangali people. Its not a bad place to live. It i a place of tolerance & happy people.

I am engaged to a young man, his parents came from bangladesh. I have known him since college & have been with him since we started university together. I know that in bangladesh you dont like boys & girls mixing, but we stay within Islam.

I dont speak much bangla, actually its very confusing and difficult to learn. My fiance is from a small town called sylhet. Has anyone heard of it before. Many of the bangladeshi people in my town are from this place.

Hope nobody minds me being here. I would like to get to know what people in bangladesh are like & want to make friends with someone from your country. I very much like your people, they are gorgeous & have been great with me. My best friend from schooldays is also bangali & she is one of the most beautiful women you could meet. I met many great bangali guys while I was at university & think your culture is wonderful. I love you all.

My fiance is very proud of being a bangladeshi & speaks of your country with great passion. He is my 'sher-e-bangla', my'bengal tiger' and I look forward to visiting your country one day after I marry.

I see that some people speak good english & look like you are from the uk. I would like to make new friends with you too.

I look forward to your replies.

Allah Hafiz

xxx princess xxx

[-Samia-]

Assalamu Alaikum

that was a cute post.and we do know sylhet as it is a part of BD
and as far as the intermingling of boys and girls is concerned, it's not just BD but the entire desiland, as well as other places where islamic norms are followed, that do not encourage it.however, congratulations on your engagement.
as for learning bangla...many of the words are similar to those used in urdu and hindi though they may be pronounced differently...so it's not too hard neither completely alien.

hope you enjoy your time here and...welcome

[Star]

Wa'alaikumassalaam

Most of us know Bradford..

I don't think Bangla or Sylheti should be as difficult as Pakistanis make it out to be - i think it just takes a lot of listening

I think ppl in Bangladesh are fairly tame - feed them 3 times a day, pat them on the head lovingly occasinally and they don't growl or anything

- Seriously, not a huge leap of difference between Asians whether of the Indian, Bangladeshi or Pakistani variety, born and raised in this country, to be honest - the "Islamic" rituals and cultural considerations are essentially similar - maybe some differences in diet etc.

thanx for the compliments "we love you all too"


oh for most of us - "our country" is the same country as yours and the one you're living in right now..

[Bang_Ali]

LOL

I haven't read anything this funny here in ages. You sound like you are an English person in a foreign country trying to communicate with the locals!

Relax, you're O.K here

If your looking for Bangladeshi people, then this isn't really the place. Most of us are Brit-Bengali. I know, you'd think there'd be some people here who are in BD, but we're mostly from the U.K, with the odd Canadian and American (yes, Canadians and Americans are very odd indeed ).

It was a nice message, probably one of the nicest things I've heard from a Pakistani person from Bradford in a long time.

So I suppose I should give you my "Shagothom". Relax, it's nothing rude. ("Welcome" - in Bangla). I'm sure you will make many friends here, we don't normally bite (unless you ask very nicely ).

Anyway I know where Bradford is, I've actually been living there since 1999. It's a very small place, I can walk from one end of the city centre to the other in about 10 minutes.

Maybe you live in a far corner of Bradford that I haven't seen, but I'd say that it is not the rosy place you make it out to be. Do I really need to talk about the drugs and prostitution problem in Bradford, especially among Asian boys and girls?

Sorry, we're not the foreign Bangladeshi people you thought you were dealing with - gotcha

I normally live around BD7 postcode, it's because I'm a student.

So like I said, you won't make any friends who are in BD, but your welcome to stay here and chat with us instead.