Comments on: How far is Penang from Dhaka? http://www.mahmudrahman.com/travels/how-far-is-penang-from-dhaka/ mahmud's weblog Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: francis http://www.mahmudrahman.com/travels/how-far-is-penang-from-dhaka/comment-page-1/#comment-16 francis Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:48:00 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=6#comment-16 i was moved by what you wrote. i try to bring aspects of this other diaspora in my columns at indolink.com -- for example the human rights abuses that south asians are subjected to in the Middle East. francis i was moved by what you wrote.

i try to bring aspects of this other diaspora in my columns at indolink.com — for example the human rights abuses that south asians are subjected to in the Middle East.

francis

]]> By: Vidya http://www.mahmudrahman.com/travels/how-far-is-penang-from-dhaka/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Vidya Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:24:00 +0000 http://www.mahmudrahman.com/?p=6#comment-15 This is something I have often thought about too - the "other" diaspora, the one that is not romanticised in books, the one that brings in unglamorous revenue. I'm glad you've written about this. There are workers like Aziz in the Gulf too, and other parts of S-E Asia - Bangla, Sri Lankan, Bihari, Tamil; their lives are a world apart from "expat desi" lives, and yet they're just a heartbeat away. This is something I have often thought about too – the “other” diaspora, the one that is not romanticised in books, the one that brings in unglamorous revenue. I’m glad you’ve written about this. There are workers like Aziz in the Gulf too, and other parts of S-E Asia – Bangla, Sri Lankan, Bihari, Tamil; their lives are a world apart from “expat desi” lives, and yet they’re just a heartbeat away.

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