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Second Place
Greg Constantine Freelance
"Nowhere People: The Bihari"
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"Nowhere People: The Bihari"
During Pakistani rule, the Urdu-speaking Bihari in
Bangladesh were once a prosperous and priviledged community but lost
everything. After the civil war in 1971, they were fired from government
jobs, lost ownership of their land and fled into camps to protect themselves
and also to await possible repatriation to Pakistan. Yet, 35 years later,
over 300,000 Bihari continue to live an impoverished, hand-to-mouth existence
inside the same 66 camps throughout Bangladesh. Unrecognized as citizens of
both Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Bihari belong to no country and sink
further into the dark margins of society. The denial of the rights afforded
from citizenship have left most Bihari paralyzed by poverty.
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