What Is The Difference Between Bengali And Bangladeshis?

[Hammertime007]

Or are they same? Which religion is which or can they be different?

[Balkaar]

Bangladeshis are ethnically Bengalis. Their language is also Bengali. The only factor distinguishing them from their cousins across the border is religious adherence, not ethnicity. It is a confected nation which should never have come into being, just like Pakistan. And India for that matter, the rag-tag patchwork which the Sikhs were deceived into becoming part of.

[JagsawSingh]

The only factor distinguishing them from their cousins across the border is religious adherence, not ethnicity.

Thats not entirely true Balkar. The fact is it is language and language only that they have in common.

Ethnically...racially...they are very different because with the Bangladeshis a mongoloid gene (i.e from Burma and other areas of S.E Asia is the norm whereas it is not common among the Bengalis (the Indian state of Bengal), but there are also so many cultural differences besides the obvious religious one. Lets take food for example; copious amounts of fish and meat are the mainstay of the Bangladeshi's diet whereas the Bengalis partake in an entirely different vegetarian diet. Behaviour and ability is another difference. Unlike the Bangladeshis, the Bengalis are renowned for their intellectual and academic ability, especially in terms of literature etc. For example, throughout the 50 years, whilst the rest of India (including the pathetic dumbed down Punjab) has produced and developed a taste for nonsense mind-destroying Bollywood movies the Bengalis only produce meaningful artistic movies without singing and dancing that win numerous worldwide awards.

So, like I said, the only thing the Bengalis and Bangladeshis have in common is the language. Nothing else.

But...please don't think I am putting the Bangladeshis down because I am actually in awe of them and salute them for what they did in years gone by and how the Sikhs of Punjab must salute them and learn from them :

When Jinnah made Bangladesh part of Pakistan he tried to do there what he did in Lahore and the rest of Punjab (Pakistan)....He tried to get the masses to turn their backs on their mother tongue and embrace a foreign language from central India: Urdu.

The pathetic Punjabis in Pakistan Punjab meekly and shamelessly turned their back on their mother (mother tongue) but the Bangladeshis were made of stronger stuff....truer stuff. They started rioting in Dhaka in what are now known as the 'Language Riots'. This language issue became the catalyst for freedom and so, in the name of their mother tongue, they fought for and gained their freedom. They deserve our upmost respect for that.

[S4NGH]

Or are they same? Which religion is which or can they be different?

Lol the ignorance. Not that I expect better from hammertime

[Guest Jacfsing2]

Bangladeshis are ethnically Bengalis. Their language is also Bengali. The only factor distinguishing them from their cousins across the border is religious adherence, not ethnicity. It is a confected nation which should never have come into being, just like Pakistan. And India for that matter, the rag-tag patchwork which the Sikhs were deceived into becoming part of.

Some Punjabi's are descended from Greeks when Alexander took it over and some stayed to grow crops because of the fertile land.

[Balkaar]

Thats not entirely true Balkar. The fact is it is language and language only that they have in common.

Ethnically...racially...they are very different because with the Bangladeshis a mongoloid gene (i.e from Burma and other areas of S.E Asia is the norm whereas it is not common among the Bengalis (the Indian state of Bengal), but there are also so many cultural differences besides the obvious religious one. Lets take food for example; copious amounts of fish and meat are the mainstay of the Bangladeshi's diet whereas the Bengalis partake in an entirely different vegetarian diet.

The Bengalis have one of the finest literary traditions in the subcontinent, that is true. And they have put us Punjabis to shame by the manner in which they have defended and cherished their mother tongue.

But I'm quite certain that they're not Mongoloids. Proximity to Mongoloid peoples such as the Burmese doesn't count for much, the Bangladeshis are Muslims, I can't picture them intermarrying with the Burmese Buddhists. I also can't detect any traces of the horde when I look at them. With certain South Asian populations, like the Hazara of Afghanistan, the Mongoloid accretions are quite obvious. The Bangladeshis look exactly the same as their Bengali cousins to me - short and dark-skinned.

Dietary differences can also boil down to religion, at least in the Indian subcontinent. Muslims consume more meat, the Hindus much less so. It is common knowledge, and unsurprising knowledge, when one considers that the Muslims revere a desert warlord whereas the Hindus place greater importance in gentler and more sagacious men. Punjabi Sikhs are almost identical to Punjabi Muslims with respect to their ethnic constitution (excepting the inbreeding/first cousin marriages by the Muslims, and the things that come of it), but the Muslims eat far more meat by comparison.

[Balkaar]

Some Punjabi's are descended from Greeks when Alexander took it over and some stayed to grow crops because of the fertile land.

Greeks, Scythians, Arabs, Afghans, you name it. If they raped, pillaged or invaded, chances are that their genes are floating about somewhere in the Punjabi genepool.

That sort of thing came to an end with the arrival of the Sikh Panth, of course.

[Guest Jacfsing2]

Greeks, Scythians, Arabs, Afghans, you name it. If they raped, pillaged or invaded, chances are that their genes are floating about somewhere in the Punjabi genepool.

That sort of thing came to an end with the arrival of the Sikh Panth, of course.

The power of Guru Sahib!

[proactive]

They are basically the same people, Bangladeshis because they are from Bangladesh and bengalis because they come from the state of West Bengal. Bangladesh used be a part of the state of Bengal which was also partitioned in 1947.

The only difference is religion. Bangladeshi follow the desert rapist hence their involvement abroad in drugs gangs and child grooming.