Understanding Bangladesh

Our Bangladesh Things

To the tune of "My Favorite Things":

Rickshaws in roadways and mangoes in market
Competent drivers who know how to park it
Goats on the roadside and geese painted pink
We'll always remember that spiced Moghul drink.

Ancient museums and statues of Vishnu
Speeches in Bangla and hazardous issues
Overfull buses with riders on top
Red lights say "re-lax" instead of just stop.

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When the ran falls, when the sweat rolls
when we're feeling sad, we simply remember our
Bangladesh things and then we don't feel so bad.

Children in classrooms with bright smiling faces
Food in the market in organized spaces
Dung sticks and taking malaria pills
These are a few of our favorite thrills.

Long bamboo bridges and fragrant orange flowers
sugar cane fields and Grameen cell phone towers
Sharees and lungis and bright colored cloth
Biscuits with tea and sweet fruit drinks with froth.

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Burkas at beachside and jackfruit for snacking
Wisdom from Alam and so often packing
Police as escorts and boat rides in mist
Moshuir and Khalen check chores off their list.

Bimal gives guidance and Kay reigns as queen
Bathrooms are rated and some are quite clean
Hanging our laundry and searching for beer
Despite minor illness our team kept good cheer.

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