Xref: utzoo soc.culture.indian:23994 news.groups:17853 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!zmhasan From: zmhasan@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Masum Hasan) Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,news.groups Subject: Re: soc.culture.pakistan Message-ID: <20993@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 16 Feb 90 20:20:59 GMT References: Reply-To: zmhasan@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Masum Hasan) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 31 In article sa1z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sudheer Apte) writes: >jeffd@ficc.uu.net (Jeff Daiell) asks in news.groups: >> but would [soc.culture.pakistan] cover both parts of the original >> Pakistan, or would there need to be a separate group for Bangladesh >> if Bengalis wish to discuss their culture? > In the same spirit you could replace "original Pakistan" with "original India". Why should s.c.p cover Bangladesh? Gegraphically, politically, economically Bangladesh is a separate entity on this earth, you must be knowing that. So I propose for creating soc.culture.bangladesh. >Shh, please don't say "Bengalis" instead of "Bangladeshis"---we've got you are right......Chakma and others residing in Bangladesh are Bangladeshis, not Bengalis. > > Sudheer. -Masum ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ziaul Masum Hasan ------------------------------------------------------- zmhasan@watdragon.waterloo.edu ------------------------------------------ University of Waterloo, Computer Science -------------------------------- Office Automation Lab --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------