Learnt it first from the book of H.G Wells ( History of the World) that all men nomadic character . originating from Tropical Africa and then like current flow through rivers and tributeries and intermingling ever , changing coour and shape according to light exposure and geographical disposition. Long long before that I heard the simiar story in loca form from my Grand mother that about 4 generation back our fore fathers came to East Bengal ( Barisal) seeking better future and they settled in the viage called Sehanga in pirojpur subdivision of Barisa dDistrict, Not only that but she coud name the head of our forefather upto 8 generation upwards and which the modern educated society can not or care not to remember. any way I aso learnt that Ram ram basu who taught bengai to Wiiam carrey of Srirampore was our 8 or 9 step up forefather and our ancestral home was TAKI that is now in North Bengal bordering Bangladesh. So once we were 'Ghati' the teasing term for bengaees of west Bengal then we becamr 'Bangals' and then again fled to west Bengal by the result of Partition. And finally now an American Citizen with Duel citizenship.
I think H,G wels woud ove to bring out another famous Book if he learnt that a vilage boy of the remotest part of ruea India is also an American. Why not ! if Coumbus coud discover RED-INDIANS in America ! Yet now I am again back to the starting point of a circle and have setted back in Konnagar , Hoogly of West Bengal . So , i also represent the migration or nomadic character of human sttement or restlessness.!
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