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Contemporary Indian English uses several words that are derived from Bong. Examples include Bongdom (Bengali domination), Bongness (attachment to Bengali culture), Bonglish [9] (pidgin Indian English consisting of Bengali loanwords), hon-Bong [10] (abbreviation for honorary Bong, a person who is not a Bong, but can be considered a Bong by ...
Bongal is a term used in Assam to refer to outsiders. [1] Assam has been settled by colonial officials (amlahs) from Bengal pre-Independence and Hindu Bengali refugees in the post-Independence periods.
Opar Bangla (Bengali: ওপার বাংলা); That side Bengal, used by Bengalis from both Bangladesh and West Bengal to refer to each other. Bharatiya Bangla (Bengali: ভারতীয় বাংলা ); Indian Bengal , used by Bangladeshi media for Indian state of West Bengal.
Bong (term), an affectionate slang for Bengali people from West Bengal, India Bong, an onomatopœia of the sound of a bell or gong; Bong (climbing), a type of piton Beer bong or funneling, a drinking game where the aim is to rapidly ingest large quantities of beer or other beverages
Bangla o Bangla Bhasha Bachao Committee: Bangla O Bangla Bhasa Bachao Committee (BOBBBC) is a Siliguri-based organisation that protested against the Gorkhaland formation. They accused GJM of anti-Bengali works in Darjeeling. [90] [91] Jatiya Bangla Sommelan: Jatiyo Bangla Sammelan was created on 9 December 2019 as a split from Bangla Pokkho.
Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1911) was the first major writer in the modern era to emerge from the Bengali Muslim society, and one of the finest prose writers in the Bengali language. His magnum opus Bishad Shindhu is a popular classic among Bengali readership.
Banglish, also known as Bangreji, Benglish and Bonglish, [1] is the mixed use ("code switching") [2] of the Bengali and English languages. The first usage of the word "Benglish" was found in 1972 and "Banglish" in 1975.
The Bong Connection is a 2006 Bengali-English language Indian film starring Raima Sen, Shayan Munshi and Parambrata Chatterjee and directed by Anjan Dutt. The movie is based on the lives of Bengalis in the U.S. and Kolkata .Bong Connection was screened at Museum of Modern Art , New York, in 2005