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They were later allotted lands in various colonies in Delhi, CR Park being one of the prominent ones. “The second generation have been more close to their culture, so the differences were closely felt and therefore they are still uncomfortable in adapting each other’s habits,” he says.īengalis who came to Delhi after 1947 Partition are the second generation Bengalis. He says the divide is only cultural and is not felt that much amongst the cosmopolitan youth. CR Park is often termed as the mini-Kolkata, here Ghotis and Bangals live peacefully and the realisation of belongingness to either communities is also not that apparent. They were considered the farming class henceforth.Īlso the Ghotis realise that they are guilty of reducing the Bangals, to mere immigrants, refugees. Bang means the border of the farmland where farmer walks and Al of ‘Bang-al’ means rice in Bengali. If this is not the reason, I see no reason why West Bengalis should be called pots,” explains Sinha, a media professional and a resident of CR Park.īangal is a rather etymologically derived term. There’s a common Bangal phrase, Oi Ghoti chor tor ki mullo (you’re so pathetic that you live by stealing pots). The two communities just want to put each other down through any means possible. “In Bengali, Ghoti means, a pot,” says Abhijeet Sinha laughing it off. Some believe the cultural differences were there from before that. Some say it was after the 1905 partition of Bengal, when the East Bengalis were termed as Bangals and they colloquially termed the West Bengalis as Ghotis. But no one really knows how the divide was formed. This divide is geographical, one can say. In theory it is an almost fading divide, but in practice, this divide in the Bengal community is there to remain. According to Chittaranjan Park’s (CR Park) Probashi Bangalis (Bengalis who live outside Bengal), there’s a difference between the two. Which Bengali do you generally stereotype, a Ghoti or a Bangal? A first generation Bengali will be taking just any random stereotyping with a raised eyebrow.
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