Bangladesh: Between monsoon and dry season | DW Documentary
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- In southern Bangladesh, silt islands along the Jamuna River regularly appear and disappear. These ‘chars‘ are populated, despite the fact that they are completely flooded during the monsoon season.
Part of the great river Brahmaputra, the Jamuna river sees the emergence and disappearance of these ‘chars’ every year. The people who live here are known as the Chauras, and they have organized their lives around rise and fall of the waters. They go about their agricultural work and live in small communities, always knowing that everything they have built up can be destroyed with the coming of the monsoon season.
The film also documents the dry season, when the river Jamuna recedes, leaving long white sand beds and new islands of fertile soil. Chaura Rahim Shorkar has plenty to do now and hopes to harvest the crops in time for the next flood.
Rahim does not want to trade his life here for one on the mainland. His wife Alea, however, takes a more critical view. What future do they have here? What future awaits their six-year-old son Ashik?
At any moment, they could face the same fate as their neighbor Shuruz Saman, who has been hit for the sixth time in his life. All his fields and land have been swallowed up by the water and once again, making a new start costs him his entire savings.
All the Chauras know this suffering. They all help each other, lending a hand when the corrugated iron walls of their houses need to be moved again because of the waters. Life here is not easy and will not get easier. On the contrary, climate change is set to intensify the extremes of the monsoon and dry seasons.
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I visited a few regions in Bangladesh last year. I found the people most extraordinary: very open and friendly, curious, hardworking and optimistic for the future.
I wish all these people a long and happy life.
Thank you mrs. marleen gevers🥰🥰
Check out Indian West Bengal, you will find the Bengali indigenous culture respected more.
Most these people are also genocidal! A large number of minorities are forced to leave their ancestral land because they are not Muslim. Live in there and eventually you will see their real face!
because of British looted their wealth. Now looting by western NGO.
You have no freedom and of course not a country of your ethnic community
You actually an ethnic minority who are living inferiorly under oolitical hub Hindus belt mostly north bengal
DW became a master of quality documentary making. Love from Bangladesh.
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@@DWDocumentaryi would like to thank DW for making accurate documentary without any propaganda it took a long time to make but it was truly amazing did u guys had rice cakes or pitha at winter season i mean the dry season i hope you didn't miss it
This is one of the real pictures of Bangladesh. Though their daily life journey is so hard and full of struggle, their smiling faces inspire us. As a Bangladeshi, I am encouraged by them. Thanks to DW to present this content.
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I see a divorce on the way though.
@@theflaca Older people don't divorce that easily.
The young man's dream to take advantage of IT to improve his life is admirable. I wish him the best.
You also have to admire his elder brother for ensuring everything for him .😊
@@sadmanzahin1271 That's right
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Same. I'm also impressed with that.
Hey I'm Rony Sorkar Brother's of Rahim. Thank you so much for inspection me❤
Love Bangladesh from Srinagar Kashmir 🌲❤️
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Our house already broken four times. Alhamdulillah we have never left the River. Because the river is connected to our soul. Really goosebumps feelings when i was watching DW. Full documentary i enjoyed with tears. Thanks DW
From: Balorampur, Kurigram, Bangladesh. 🧡🧡🧡
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This is how people should be helping and supporting each other. I really hope the younger brother makes his dream of working from home on computers come true! All the best to these amazing strong adaptable people. Even with difficulties they are smiling and laughing. I can learn a lot from these people about gratitude and appreciation.
@Vegan4life1...well said. There are a myriad of people who could learn a lot from these good folks. Thanks for sharing and be safe 🙏
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Rahim's younger brother, he is very confident and positive minded boy. I can clearly say there are So many dreams in his eyes. May God fulfil all his dreams. I wish him the best.
4 real and a super duper guy
Kudos to Bangladeshi people... greetings from 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
This is really beautiful. As a Bangladeshi I didn't see any Bangladeshi documentary like this, this is truly masterpiece. Nice work keep it up ❤
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What an absolutely fantastic documentary. I’d never heard of the Chauras before, and now I am in awe at these courageous, resilient and extremely hard-working people. Thank you.
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This is island. The people who lives there are homeless because of flood before the island create.
Same here! Living in Bangladesh for 44 years and never heard of Chauras
@@user-xo3mw6iw5d চরবাসীকেই চওরা বলে
This was once the land of my forefathers. Thankyou DW for making such a documentary that shows the beauty of Bangladesh. ❤
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Is it jamalpur district?
@@kingshuksarkar ha ha ha hinduchods
@@kingshuksarkar The fighting was only going on in Kolkata and Noakhali.. But hindus from all over Bangladesh left without even trying to defend. Some of them who stayed left during 1971 war. Some of them came back. But a lot of them stayed in india.
@@kingshuksarkar I am a dalit(lower caste) Bengali Hindu whose both maternal and paternal grandparents are from modern-day Bangladesh. My paternal side was from Noakhali, which saw most of the rioting. So we left.
Today West Bengal has 27% muslims but Bangladesh has only 8% Hindus. Bangladesh still hasn't recognized Mahasthami as a national holiday but Eid is one. I hope Bangladeshis realize Bengalis have a Hindu half too.
Firstly, I want to express my gratitude to DW for creating such an extraordinary documentary about the wilderness of Bangladesh. This documentary accurately portrays the true spirit of the people of Bangladesh. Despite countless adversities, the people of Bangladesh remain cheerful, always hopeful of a better future. They perceive challenges as blessings, and they conquer fear. A young boy from a rural area can dream of starting a company, even in the face of limited resources. A person can step forward to help another without being asked.
What I'd like to emphasize is that we have learned to cope with the adversities of nature, but we are still struggling to adapt to the adversities created artificially. I'm not sure whether we'll be able to or not. Prominent among the artificial adversities are floods artificially caused by neighboring countries and global warming on an international scale. Please do not impose artificial disasters on us. We have, by the grace of God, the ability to overcome natural calamities. We are children of nature; nature governs us and in return, nature loves us, sacrificing itself for us.
Thank you again for presenting Bangladesh so beautifully to the world.
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Bangladesh is land of river .She has more than seven hundred river.Humble request to all to visit this beautiful land.Special thanks to DW for covering the struggle of people of Jamuna silt island.
The tenacity of these people and the Bangladeshis in general is admirable.
Very true , but they need to reduce the huge population pressures in such a small country.
@@pietrojenkins6901 not possible as that country is blinded by Islam and even by putting evolution theory in their education curriculum made the country go crazy coz they thought humans came from monkeys and that’s what they think of evolution theory is and one of their MP even said that in their parliament 🤣🤣🤣..well,that’s what blind belief done to u..anyway,good luck!
Thank you for producing an amazing documentary. The resilience and love for their "chars" is truly admirable.
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As a person from chaur I know how hardship goes through this place. Hats off those heroes who live there and producing corps for the country 😢
Bangladesh is an amazing story and the resiliant Chauras shows us why. Against all odds the country has become an economic miracle. This is one American who is heartily rooting for its success.
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Thank you DW for making documentary about my beautiful country... Love from Bangladesh ❤️
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This was so fascinating. It's sometimes difficult to just enjoy the story of their lives without trying to "solve" their lives for them. I can't say enough just how beautiful this was.
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My Grandparents who were from these land when they were a part of (undivided) India, used to share stories of the rivers flooding their respective homes.
Despite all the misery and strife of partition, they built their lives all over again in different parts of India. Now I see how they became so tough.
The mighty rivers of this land make the communities living out of it steely strong, hardworking and honest human beings.
I wish I get to see this land and people some day.
Can you guys stop with that weird obsession of UNDIVIDED INDIA. there wasn't an India and it was never together. Bengal was always ruled separately and stayed separate from the general indians. 🤦♂ it's not our fault that Bangladesh decided to be separate from both pak and ind but west bengal didn't.
On top of that this documentary didn't mention it but bangladesh and majority of this people from chaur suffer heavily because of the upstream dams built by india. so thanks for giving my people hard times as you are an undivided ind enthusiast.
@@rihadalif .... my parents and relatives were born in East Pakistan, some in Bangladesh.
After throwing us out, it becomes easier for some to preach morality... and rewrite history erasing those thrown out.
The word Bangladesh came into popular use less than 60 years ago.
Whereas Al-Hind, Indo, Hindu and India have been then name of such lands used by other civilization to identify these lands and people for 1000s of years. Like it or not these lands were part of an undivided India....
@@deb8094 Ota Undivided Bengal Hobe. Bangladesh is older than India. India is a federation.
Rabindranath wrote songs in praise of Bangladesh, the word Bangladesh appears in Satyajit Ray's Gupi Gyne Bagha Byne way before Bangladesh came into existence.
India has never been a nation, except for a few years under the Mughal dynasty or the Mauryan empire, still, Tamil Nadu, Northeast weren't under them. Stop dreaming about what RSS preaches from it's shakkhas.
@@deb8094 I didn't talked about morality, i talked what's right. And why are you diverting the point to Bangladesh cause as far as I can see I clearly said this region was called Bengal, not Bangladesh and always ruled separately/independently. theres a difference.
And I don't know where did you learn that these lands were termed as indo, india etc. This might be true incase of modern day pakistan but sorry to break it up to you it was never the case for bengal. for 1000s of years Bengal was known by it's own name, Bengal. you can look all you want, before the british empire every traveler, merchant, from east or west called the current region of bangladesh, north india and west bengal combined as just Bengal or something in their own language that sounded like Bengal.
should be called as british India rather than undivided India.British empire united indian subcontinent .Before that there were various free states including bengal sultanate and before that indian sub continent was a part of mughal empire.and it goes on and on...
What a terrific documentary! I am from Bangladesh and the only chauras I met in person were those who lost their land due to land erosion and then came to the city looking for work- they are desperately poor and miserable. But this documentary portrays resourceful contented people who have at least some education and also aspiration. The little boy’s playfulness, the young man’s ambition, the couple’s disagreement, the lady’s insight into the importance of education- all of these are exceptionally endearing. Thanks to DW.
I feel this Chauras life from my heart. I grew up in very similar conditions in rural Bangladesh. Thank you for this documentary.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences!
@@DWDocumentaryif you and your team is honest then make a video For Afia siddqui who kidnapped by American Afghanistan force and jail in USA
I just wanna say its the real bngldsh people , hard working-smile-possitive thinking , terima kasih (thx) for made this documentary , i like Bangladesh , salam-greetings-menyapa from jkrta
Each year during school's summer vacation I used to visit my maternal grandparents for a whole month who used to live in char area. At this point of time dry land gets flooded by the mighty river Brahmaputra which brings enormous joy by seeing waters around for a kid like me living in town with every comfort of modern life. Kerosine was then the only medium for lighting after darkness (no electricity) .The memories and experiences i had from the people and that place will be treasured for lifetime.
Char peoples are the most hardworking, purest and humblest human beings on earth. Mark my words😊
i'm from Bangladesh, it's a beautiful country you can find anything what you need, in this country people are very friendly as well as honest, however i love my country 🇧🇩✨
As a farmers grandson,i got chance to work with chauras when they comes in our area to work as an agricultural worker in harvesting season.I heard about their lives from them but never saw personally. I'm really happy to watch their lifes visually. Thanks a lot to dw documentary for offering such a wonderful documentary.
I have learnt so much from this documentary........at68 !
Thank you DW.
These are hardworking, simple people that do not know how much is stacked against them !
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West Indies.
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@@DWDocumentary but doesn’t matter whatever you do,but according to Islam u always b a sinner n these ppl believe in that.they wudnt think for a second to kill uif u say something which they think r against their beliefs or prophet Mohammad or sometimes don’t even has to b,u as a kafer is enough..mark my words please.
That was natural, that quarrel within the couple was really natural and true. I love this whole documentary.
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Rahim's unwavering commitment towards his loving chars is incredible.These people never give up in life.They are the real unsung heroes.
I'm a Bangladeshi live in mainland far from the char of Jamuna. I know the struggling life of Chauras but never go their practically although I've interest about the Char. Thanks to DW for bringing the true pictures of the Char areas.
Excellent documentary. Reminds me of my childhood. We lived 5 months on water. Very peaceful.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences!
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aaaaaahhhh! you still remembering those beautiful past memories
Although I am a Bangladeshi but I don't have enough idea about Chauras people. This documentary provided me lots of information about them and their struggle of life.
I still can't believe that it is exist in our country but I had no idea😢😢.
A bunch of thanks for making this documentary ❤❤
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Thank you DW for showing our motherland bangladesh 🇧🇩
Best wishes from
London.
May God protect
Them Hardworking
Poor people Trying to
Make there Needs Ameen.and all others
Suffering in bangladesh and Around the world Ameen
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Bangladesh's climate, agriculture, and daily life are profoundly influenced by its distinct monsoon and dry seasons. The monsoon season brings copious rainfall, essential for agriculture, yet it also presents the challenge of floods. Conversely, the dry season offers relief from heavy rains, enabling diverse farming techniques and providing an opportunity to relish cooler temperatures and partake in cultural festivities.
Above all, I hold a deep affection for my exquisite motherland, Bangladesh. 🇧🇩 🇧🇩 🇧🇩
Despite the struggle, Rahim looks like a very happy family guy. I wish them all the best.
Thank you DW for making the only documentary about authenticity, I am watching you from Bangladesh
Thank you for watching! Greetings. :)
Proud to be Bangali , from Assam, India
Such a fascinating and amazing culture of people.
They take "going with the flow" to a whole new level.
Thank you, DW.
Thanks for watching and sharing sour thoughts :)
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Respect to these hardworking,intelligent, optimistic and good hearted people of Bangladesh.....sure they are extremely capable of leading a good life provided they get enough resources...amazing documentary
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Amazing documentary. These people are my inspiration. As a Bangladeshi, I loved them 'cause they are the lifelong fighters.
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Most beautiful country on earth...
Love from UK
Rural Bangladesh is something that most of todays young city dweller generation are unaware about.
excellent commentary given about my country. I live one part of Bangladesh but I don't know about the miseries river erosion on other part, now watching your commentary I have learnt suffering of the rivers side people of Bangladesh.
My mother is from a family of Chauras in Meghna River! It’s an amazing documentary indeed!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for showing real life of our homeland Bangladesh 🇧🇩
I salute these people for their courage and hard work. God bless them.🙏❤
Wonderful documentary, the resilience humans have when faced with challenges. I enjoyed to watch camaraderie among the neighbors. Love from Kenya.
How a survival story become a devastating history 😶
Love from Bangladesh DW ❤️
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I think Deutsche Welle will always be with Bangladesh in the future. Thanks for presenting Bangladesh with possibilities and hope.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks DW for giving us this excellent documentary of beautiful chaurs of Bangladesh . My grandparents were from one of those & lost their home & lands to the mighty Jamuna. In my childhood I visited there, the river was so big & beautiful. Nature at it’s best.
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I am a Bangladeshi. Happiness, sorrow, joy, suffering, blessing, curse etc. are the daily things of Char's life.Bangladesh is the land of diversity.
I am a Bangladeshi, thank you very much for portraying an authentic picture of Bangladesh
This is our country. Our country's people have a great habits, they don't want to give up their homeland. Thanks DW documentary.
MashaAllah such a wonderful documentary!! The most charming thing is that wherever they are, wherever they go, they don’t forget that Education is the backbone of a nation.They rebuilt school 10x times to educate their children.The help each other & what a wonderful humanity is this! They are the ture Bengalis, they are the real tiger & tigress of Bay of Bengal. No matter what happens they don’t lose hope and their smile on their face...I really enjoyed while watching this prettiest documentary and couldn’t think of anything else!❤
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This Documentary could be a tale. I cant express how beautiful I find the Nature, the People, their culture. Its incredibly wholesome.
Its also a perfect summary of human existence - we all strive for security, for permanence. But being honest with ourselves, nothing is permanent. These people only witness that in a shorter, more direct cycle. They seem to have accepted that. It takes constant rebuilding. But they seem rather happy to me. I wish them all the best and want to share Tons of Love, from the other end of the World!
So much respect to these hardworking and courageous people. Really admire their high degree of resilience to live in such unpredictable conditions ❤
So much respect to these hardworking amd brave people, and i love that they value education. Despite all the hardhsip they keep moving and reconstructing the school. May Allah make their live more easy and prosperous. Ameen.
Wonderfull documentary and wonderfull people! I visited india earlier this year and fell in love with the culture and the people. I cant wait to visit bangladesh next especially after this documentary!
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Thanks, DW.
For some reason, I used to think I am poor and unblessed until now.
Best wishes to these people.
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My forefathers were driven away from their lands during partition.
I wish the people of Bangladesh learn to live peacefully there after.🙏
Excellent documentary. Reminds me of my childhood. Thanks DW Documentary.
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The people living in capital dhaka don't even know that hardships and simpleness of bengali rural life,i hope this documentation convey a message ❤❤❤❤🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
And u do,right??when waazi huzur or mollas call them ehudi,nasara,kafer relentlessly and u moderate Muslim don’t even say anything as it goes against ur faith and now u r commenting like he is doing a good job???but according to ur beliefs,they r kafer,right??
@@Bdtdtuli wtf are you speaking about? This is not Pakistan, tgis is Bangladesh!
@@Bengalinationalist of course this is Bangladesh..where ppl learn science from mollas,alem,rite??look what happened when they try to put evolution theory in ur primary txt book??even all those doctors,scholars,politicians and of course alem,olama went against it coz it’s against islam…now as u said WTF in ur comment,I presume u r an educated person🤣🤣,so tell me,what do u think about evolution theory??or u think we came from adom n hawa??
I am speaking from Bangladesh and it is my motherland. Thank you for reporting our country so beautifully 🇧🇩
Bangladeshi ppl always best...hardworking... Always they maintain self respect....only government has problem to much corruption ... Ppl are best (out of the rate)
Long live people🙏❤ of 💥Bangladesh! And people of the world 🥀🌏🌍🌎🌹
Hardworking people certainly have a good future and live happily. They live with the nature's gifts.
Last couple of minutes: the conversation that happens all around the world. Fantastic work, guys!
Thank you DW for making this quality documentary to watch and learn for how man like Rahim still gives us hope for living life in our hard hitting lives... May Allah bless him and Hats off to your team.....
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Bangladeshis are very good farmers and people are very hardworking and skilled ( especially in agriculture ) too. I say this from Assam, India. ❤
Brave peoples, love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Unprecedented 🎉
My BANGLADESH. My LOVE.
Thanks to DW. It’s our main culture and picture 🇧🇩🇧🇩
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First of all thanks to DW for making a great documentary !
The "Char" (alluvium) refers to sediments deposited in rivers, which are permanent or temporary in some areas. People who live on "Char"(pastures) are called 'Chaura' in a pejorative, - much like slang! The "Chaura" as an adjectives commonly used by upper class people to address lower class people to undermine them. 'Chaura' is one such greeting !
I think, DW will understand and take this core message into consideration. Addressing the people living in "Char" (pastures) as "Charbasi" (চরবাসী- who live in char) is a respectful epithet.
Thank you!
I wish I can visit this country in the future. People are admirable :')
Hey I'm Rony Sorkar Brother's of Rahim . Thanks you so much for like our Life style ❤
I live in east site of jomuna river. I see with my own eyes the struggle of the people of Char and I struggle with this myself especially during floods. People of Char have to go through a very difficult time during floods time. They are sometimes attacked by pirates during floods time. All in all, their lives are very difficult😢😢😢
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This beautiful country is my motherland
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Beautiful videos of Bangladesh Life,I enjoyed it
Disasters like river erosion, floods, drought are the gifts of our so called neighbour 🤧🤧
Keep crying
Thank you DW documentary for portraying my people and magnificent motherland.
Not that I'm from Bangladesh and I really loved the documentary but the story of this Chauras touched me a lot. Incredible hope and courage, smiling at the end of all hopes by the flood and rebuilding their future are more inspiring than any fictional Hollywood movies.
Mr Rahim is a very hardworking and hopeful man. He is witty as well.
(I am Bengali too)
His son's enthusiasm is absolutely adorable
What a lovely group of people living a really unique, challenging and special way of life
This took a lot of affort to making this thanks DW for such a beautiful documentary about Bangladesh ❤
World class documentary. Brilliant. Thank you DW ❤❤❤
My respect to all hardworking bangladeshi. With ❤ from indonesia🎉
Some real Brave people over there
I love my Bangladesh ❤🇧🇩❤thank you DW❤
This is my home district, though i live in the town area, far from here but can understand the struggle of them.salute to those brave soles who are fighting with nature day and night.❤
These hard working and extraordinarily good people are often neglected and humiliated by people of mainlands of the country though they are contributing a lot to our country.
humiliated? what
@@anonymoused1632 Yea, humiliated by us, the people of mainland.
Not really. It's just other way round
@@siliconslice .. how did we humiliate them?
@@modicantspeakenglish clearly you have no experience when so called upper standard people talking with/about Chora people.
Thanks DW for creating this beautiful documentary.
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great documentary as i expect from you. lot and love and rest for therse brave Chaura people from pakistan. May God be with them
They are from Bangladesh though.
Outstanding documentary thank DW for sharing such a stunning scenery. Love from Bangladesh ❤
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DW always make best.
Thanks for making a documentary about my country’s chauras.
Take love from Bangladesh. ❤️
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I visited a few of the islands in the area back in my 20s and it was beautiful! I still hold fond memories of riding a motorbike around the island we were on.
Didn't expect a documentary about my country, fascinating to watch
I miss Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Been there couple of times.
Best time to go for British is winter because of the whether it's too hot .
NEVER FORGET YOUR ROOTS.
Such hard working kind people ❤
Kudos to these people. So resilient and so determined to fight back against inclement challenges to survival.