[Reader-list] "Stranded Pakistanis" in Bangladesh

[Naeem Mohaiemen]

For more on the "Stranded Pakistani" community of Bangladesh, read
Hana Shams' cover story on Biharis:

http://hanashams.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/bihari/

This cover story was cited in the court proceedings this year that led
to the landmark decision finally giving "Stranded Pakistanis"
Bangladeshi citizenship.

> Jawaharlal Nehru University
> Tanvir Mokammel
> Swapnabhumi
> (The Promised Land)
>
> A Documentary on the Urdu-speaking community of Bangladesh - also known
> as "stranded Pakistanis" or "Biharis" - who live in a situation of
> "statelessness" in Bangladesh. The film goes back to the painful
> partition of India in 1947 and the ensuing mass migration of peoples.