Migration Themes
Although we interviewed people from many different backgrounds and with different experiences, there were a number of themes that the stories all seemed to share. The major ones were:
Religion
Navigation
- 1: Home
- 2: About the project
- 2.1: Who we are
- 2.2: The locations
- 2.3: The interviews
- 2.3.1: Background to the interviews
- 2.3.2: Classic Migrant: Tasarul Ali - Oldham
- 2.3.3: Child Migrant: Kamal Hossain - Oldham
- 2.3.4: Student Migrant: Rimi - Newham
- 2.3.5: Accidental Migrant: Mazharul Islam - Tower Hamlets
- 2.3.6: 'Twice Migrant': Imtiaz Ahmed - Newham
- 2.3.7: Reluctant Migrant: Tonima - Newham
- 2.3.8: Bengali Hindu Migrant: Ashim Sen - Bradford
- 2.3.9: Illegal Migrant: Jakia Chowdhury - Tower Hamlets
- 2.3.10: Migrant Bride: Laila Rahman
- 2.3.11: Migrant Groom: Polash - Oldham
- 2.3.12: Writer Migrant: Ahmed Ilias - Dhaka
- 2.3.13: Child of Migrants: Vicky - Dhaka, Town Hall Camp
- 2.3.14: 'Maldoiya' Migrant: Bibi Hawa - Dinajpur
- 2.3.15: Well-Connected Migrant: Abdul Rahman Biswas - Ranishankhoil, Dinajpur
- 2.3.16: Migrant Bride’s Mother: Ajbuda Khatun – Chamra Godown Camp, Syedpur
- 2.3.17: Railway Worker Migrant: Nizam Chacha - Syedpur
- 2.3.18: Two Brothers: Wazed & Elahi– Kalinchi and Satkhira
- 2.3.19: Migrant Landowner: Abu Hussein Sardar - Satkhira
- 2.3.20: Commander Monsur Ali - Syedpur
- 2.4: Migration Themes
- 2.5: What it's like to be a researcher
- 2.6: Interviewing your own family
- 2.7: Recording Memories
- 3: The Bengal Diaspora
- 3.1: History
- 3.1.1: The Mughal Empire
- 3.1.2: The Battle of Plassey, 1757
- 3.1.3: The Great Indian Rebellion of 1857-8
- 3.1.4: The East India Company
- 3.1.5: Hindu-Muslim Relations in Bengal
- 3.1.6: Ayahs, Lascars and Princes
- 3.1.7: Two World Wars
- 3.1.8: Gandhi (1869-1948)
- 3.1.9: Independence and Partition
- 3.1.10: Post-War Migration (1945-61)
- 3.1.11: Language Martyrs
- 3.1.12: Voucher Migration (1960s)
- 3.1.13: Bangladeshi Independence
- 3.1.14: Families Reunited
- 3.1.15: New Migrants (1990s Onwards)
- 3.2: Geography
- 3.3: Religion
- 3.4: Politics
- 3.5: Culture
- 3.6: People and Populations
- 3.7: Economy
- 3.8: Timeline
- 3.1: History
- 4: For Teachers
- 5: For Researchers
- 6: Home & Away
- 8: Links
- 9: Contacts
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