This is part of an ongoing series on the life of Ohio University graduate student Tapash Deb, and other legal aliens in the USA.
It is the middle of spring in the Gregorian calendar but for Bengali people in India and Bangladesh the new year just began yesterday. April 14th is a national holiday in Bangladesh, celebrated by about 300 million people.
In the small college town of Athens, Ohio where Bangladeshi PhD student Tapash Deb lives, only a handful of people celebrated. Listen to an interview with Tapash's friend Mashur Rahman from Dhaka, Bangladesh who is earning his Bachelor's degree in marketing at Ohio University. He explains the meaning of April 14th, how it is traditionally celebrated, and how they started the new year far away from home. (All picture in the slide show were taken by Tapash Deb.)
How did you come to the USA? With which red tape did you have to deal as a legal alien? Are you on the path to U.S. citizenship? What do you miss about your own culture living in the USA? Please share your stories, questions, and comments!
2009/04/15
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