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[mukto-mona] Modern Slavery in Bangladesh - NY Times op-ed



Modern Slavery in Bangladesh

By LIPIKA PELHAM              OCT. 29, 2014




In the last two months, more than 170 men, mostly Bangladeshis, have been rescued from human traffickers in the jungles of Thailand. Some of the men described how they had been offered work, but when they showed up, were drugged, tied up and dragged onto boats where they were beaten and starved. The news caused outrage among Bangladeshis, many of whom blamed their government for failing to protect its citizens. Others expressed dismay at the discovery that this kind of modern-day slavery still exists.

The fact that these men were so easily lured into bonded labor abroad is proof of the hopelessness of their lives at home. Although some of the men said that they had not known that they would be shipped to Thailand, most of them were ready to set sail into the unknown. They were desperate for work.

The fact that these men were so easily lured into bonded labor abroad is proof of the hopelessness of their lives at home. Although some of the men said that they had not known that they would be shipped to Thailand, most of them were ready to set sail into the unknown. They were desperate for work.
I grew up in Bangladesh where, in every middle-class household, there's at least one live-in kajer meye — a maid or "working girl" — often with one or two of her young children serving the family. She works from morning until night, sometimes for very little money, sometimes just for food scraps and basic lodging.

In our house she was called "Rahela's Ma," Mother of Rahela. My siblings and I grew up with her, seeing her every day: cooking, fetching water, combing our hair before school, washing our clothes in the backyard. We never thought it was odd that she did not have a name of her own. We saw Rahela, too, a snotty-nosed baby, sitting on the kitchen floor in oversize hand-me-downs from our family. She was always crying, as her mother was busy grinding turmeric and chiles, coriander and cumin, and arranging them on the spice holder that resembled an artist's palette.

Years later, when I went back to visit, I was told that Rahela's mother had died. It was Rahela who now pounded the spices, her arms barely reaching the top of the grinding stone. She was 10 years old.

There are millions of child laborers in Bangladesh; 400,000 between the ages of 6 and 17 are domestic workers. While there have been many calls to protect the rights of these children, most of them remain, as Nishat Mirza of Save the Children, Bangladesh, says, "inside the room, outside the law."

Rahela's relationship with my parents could be defined as one of bonded labor. Although my mother, along with tens of thousands of South Asians, would scream in denial, it is a form of slavery.

Last year, the Global Slavery Index put Bangladesh 10th on the list of countries with the highest number of enslaved people; India ranked first and Pakistan third. The modern face of slavery can express itself in many forms: in the lives of domestic workers, bonded and forced labor in rural and urban areas, low-paying factory work, errand boys in offices, flower sellers at traffic junctions, tea boys in makeshift eateries and sex workers.

In Bangladesh's garment factories, the workers may not have been kidnapped or sold, but considering the hazardous circumstances in which they work, the long hours and the monthly wage of as little as $50, it is hard to know how to define this form of "employment." In April 2013, after more than 1,000 people perished in the rubble of the Rana Plaza factory building in the suburbs of Dhaka, the pope denounced as "slave labor" the conditions under which they had worked.

Human rights campaigners have long struggled to improve working conditions, but some attempts have backfired. In 1993, when Congress proposed the Child Labor Deterrence Act, which would have outlawed the importation of goods produced by child labor, tens of thousands of workers under the age of 18 in Bangladeshi garment factories were pre-emptively fired. Many had migrated to the city for work, and now found it difficult to return to their villages. Instead they ended up in sex work, and during the late 1990s, there was a significant rise in street-based prostitution in Dhaka.

Kabir Akon, a child rights campaigner who works for Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, says that the complexity of class and caste is one of the main reasons it is so hard to improve labor conditions. The culture of dependence, and the old belief in fate or karma, that God made us this way, that some are borolok and some chhotolok— literally, big people and small people — perpetuates deep social divisions. In most Bangladeshi homes, domestic servants who work for practically nothing rarely complain; in fact there's a sense of gratitude and veneration toward the employer. And many such "employers" argue that they are creating jobs for people who would otherwise be trafficked to the Middle East or Southeast Asia, like those men in Thailand.

We all know horror stories about maids in Saudi Arabia, scalded by boiling water, and men with mottled backs where they had been beaten. Surely they would have been better off with us, these Bangladeshi employers tell themselves.

We should be outraged over what happened to these Bangladeshi men in the Thai jungle. But we should also be mortified by the terrible indignity that they face in their own land, which is forcing many of them into a life of servitude abroad.

Lipika Pelham is a filmmaker and the author of the memoir "The Unlikely Settler."

A version of this op-ed appears in print on October 30, 2014, on page A31 of the New York edition with the headline: Enslaved Abroad,

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    থাইল্যান্ডের জঙ্গলে বাংলাদেশি 'ক্রীতদাস

    নিউজ ডেস্ক,  বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম

    Published: 2014-10-18 09:09:30.0 BdST Updated: 2014-10-18 10:29:33.0 BdST


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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVhcCz-AF1M

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    It is too late to get a right number for the victims. With the quick changing of Bangladeshi history, even three lakhs would be too many for certain people. In a country, where people could not convict the infamous murderers like Azam, Saidis and Nazamis until recently, why a true number would be so important unless for some academic curiosity? 

    Mistake had been committed by our past leaders for not doing their home work right. Sadly, our current politicians are not doing any better with the numbers and stats either.
    -SD
     
    "I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."
    -Seuss



    On Thursday, October 30, 2014 7:59 PM, "Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


     

    You are saying that - you cannot trust these descriptions, since death- and rape- figures were all wrong.
    Well, I do not care so much about correct figures, because - I know, for sure, extremely large number of victims were involved, and, it is true that - many of those victims endured suffering beyond our imagination. This article is just revealing some of those sufferings to us; these victims are still alive, and one can easily verify these stories.
    Jiten Roy    


    From: "ANISUR RAHMAN anisur.rahman1@btinternet.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:14 AM
    Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের জবানবন্দী'

     
    Bangladesh history, whether it is written by a Muslim or a Hindu, is going to be littered with lies and deception. Facts and actual figures are all willfully distorted to gain political mileage. 

    Just look at the quoted figure of 30 lac (3 million) deaths in the liberation war! An absolute, unmitigated, total lie. The actual figure is more like 30 to 40 thousand deaths on all sides put together. When Sheikh Mujibur Rahman came back from Pakistani prison after independence, his 'shagreds' (sycophants) exaggerated the number wildly to impress upon him how seriously they fought and how bloody the war was and they put a figure of 3 lacs. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman translated this 3 lac to 3 million when he was giving his first interview with foreign journalists. (The total exaggeration about 100 times). Now all officials and government publications quote 3 million deaths. This is how history is massacred and distorted in Bangladesh. 
    (Consider the following statistics: In Vietnam war over a period of 19.5 years the total death figure is between 1.5 to 1.8 million. This figure includes hundreds of thousands of North Vietnam civilians, Viet Congs, South Vietnam civilians and soldiers and 58,000 American soldiers. Now in Bangladesh within nine months without any large scale war, the death figure had gone nearly double of Vietnam war! Are we all idiots?). 

    History must be told correctly for future generations. The greatest casualty in Bangladesh is the truth.

    - AR




    From: "Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 23:02
    Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের জবানবন্দী'

     

    My sincere gratitude to the author of this article; this is a must read article.

    Unfortunately, thanks to that lady from the West Bengal (what's her name - Sharmila Bose or something), we are still debating about how many 'rape' incidences did occur during the liberation struggle.
    I am not sure how many people had a chance to read or hear about details about rape victims of the liberation war. Government's effort, at the time, was to suppress details from public. This article reminded me of what nation has lost due to the suppression of facts.
    I could not read through some of those vivid descriptions of tortures those unfortunate women endured at the hands of those animals, who treated them as pieces of meat; they played with their body-parts during their lustful acts of violence. Those women were not simply victims of rape; many of them lost their lives during those ordeals, and, many of those, who were lucky to be alive, lost parts of their body. It will be an injustice to those victims if we simply call them victims of rape.

    The heroic women, who out-lived those ordeals, got nothing in return after the independence, except neglect, despair, and discrimination. As a society, we were rushing to cover up those atrocities, and trying to forget those barbaric acts, as quickly as possible in the name of protecting privacy and honor. Did we protect interests of those women in doing so? I don't think so, but – we surely have lost valuable pieces of historical facts.
    The nation has willfully distorted history for the young generations to come. We have willfully deprived young generations from those historical facts. I am not sure if Awami League government has preserved those stories in the audio/video documentary format in the Liberation Struggle Memorial Museum. I am not sure if some of those stories have been incorporated in the history textbooks of the young generations, so that – they can have a glimpse of the sacrifice some women made during the liberation struggle. I doubt any of these has happened.
    Jiten Roy
     

    From: "WordPress মুক্তমন@vps5925.inmotionhosting.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:23 PM
    Subject: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের জবানবন্দী'

     
    মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ has posted a new item,
    'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি
    বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের
    জবানবন্দী'

    একাত্তরে আমাদের মা বোনদের ওপর
    পরিচালিত পাকিস্তানি সৈন্যদের
    যৌন নির্যাতনের কতটা মারাত্মক,
    কতোটা ভয়াবহ, কতোটা বীভৎস ছিলো-
    যুদ্ধ চলাকালে আমাদের দেশ থেকে
    প্রকাশিত কোনো দৈনিক
    পত্রিকায়ই তা প্রকাশিত হয় নি।
    গনহত্যা, শরণার্থীদের কথা যেমন
    বিদেশী সংবাদপত্র গুলোতে
    প্রকাশিত হয়েছিলো গুরুত্ব
    নিয়ে সে রকম করে ধর্ষণ কিংবা
    নারী নির্যাতনের খবরগুলো
    প্রকাশিত হয়নি বিদেশী সংবাদ
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    Re: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের জবানবন্দী'




    You are saying that - you cannot trust these descriptions, since death- and rape- figures were all wrong.
    Well, I do not care so much about correct figures, because - I know, for sure, extremely large number of victims were involved, and, it is true that - many of those victims endured suffering beyond our imagination. This article is just revealing some of those sufferings to us; these victims are still alive, and one can easily verify these stories.
    Jiten Roy    


    From: "ANISUR RAHMAN anisur.rahman1@btinternet.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:14 AM
    Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের জবানবন্দী'

     
    Bangladesh history, whether it is written by a Muslim or a Hindu, is going to be littered with lies and deception. Facts and actual figures are all willfully distorted to gain political mileage. 

    Just look at the quoted figure of 30 lac (3 million) deaths in the liberation war! An absolute, unmitigated, total lie. The actual figure is more like 30 to 40 thousand deaths on all sides put together. When Sheikh Mujibur Rahman came back from Pakistani prison after independence, his 'shagreds' (sycophants) exaggerated the number wildly to impress upon him how seriously they fought and how bloody the war was and they put a figure of 3 lacs. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman translated this 3 lac to 3 million when he was giving his first interview with foreign journalists. (The total exaggeration about 100 times). Now all officials and government publications quote 3 million deaths. This is how history is massacred and distorted in Bangladesh. 
    (Consider the following statistics: In Vietnam war over a period of 19.5 years the total death figure is between 1.5 to 1.8 million. This figure includes hundreds of thousands of North Vietnam civilians, Viet Congs, South Vietnam civilians and soldiers and 58,000 American soldiers. Now in Bangladesh within nine months without any large scale war, the death figure had gone nearly double of Vietnam war! Are we all idiots?). 

    History must be told correctly for future generations. The greatest casualty in Bangladesh is the truth.

    - AR




    From: "Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 23:02
    Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের জবানবন্দী'

     

    My sincere gratitude to the author of this article; this is a must read article.

    Unfortunately, thanks to that lady from the West Bengal (what's her name - Sharmila Bose or something), we are still debating about how many 'rape' incidences did occur during the liberation struggle.
    I am not sure how many people had a chance to read or hear about details about rape victims of the liberation war. Government's effort, at the time, was to suppress details from public. This article reminded me of what nation has lost due to the suppression of facts.
    I could not read through some of those vivid descriptions of tortures those unfortunate women endured at the hands of those animals, who treated them as pieces of meat; they played with their body-parts during their lustful acts of violence. Those women were not simply victims of rape; many of them lost their lives during those ordeals, and, many of those, who were lucky to be alive, lost parts of their body. It will be an injustice to those victims if we simply call them victims of rape.

    The heroic women, who out-lived those ordeals, got nothing in return after the independence, except neglect, despair, and discrimination. As a society, we were rushing to cover up those atrocities, and trying to forget those barbaric acts, as quickly as possible in the name of protecting privacy and honor. Did we protect interests of those women in doing so? I don't think so, but – we surely have lost valuable pieces of historical facts.
    The nation has willfully distorted history for the young generations to come. We have willfully deprived young generations from those historical facts. I am not sure if Awami League government has preserved those stories in the audio/video documentary format in the Liberation Struggle Memorial Museum. I am not sure if some of those stories have been incorporated in the history textbooks of the young generations, so that – they can have a glimpse of the sacrifice some women made during the liberation struggle. I doubt any of these has happened.
    Jiten Roy
     

    From: "WordPress মুক্তমন@vps5925.inmotionhosting.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:23 PM
    Subject: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের জবানবন্দী'

     
    মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ has posted a new item,
    'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি
    বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের
    জবানবন্দী'

    একাত্তরে আমাদের মা বোনদের ওপর
    পরিচালিত পাকিস্তানি সৈন্যদের
    যৌন নির্যাতনের কতটা মারাত্মক,
    কতোটা ভয়াবহ, কতোটা বীভৎস ছিলো-
    যুদ্ধ চলাকালে আমাদের দেশ থেকে
    প্রকাশিত কোনো দৈনিক
    পত্রিকায়ই তা প্রকাশিত হয় নি।
    গনহত্যা, শরণার্থীদের কথা যেমন
    বিদেশী সংবাদপত্র গুলোতে
    প্রকাশিত হয়েছিলো গুরুত্ব
    নিয়ে সে রকম করে ধর্ষণ কিংবা
    নারী নির্যাতনের খবরগুলো
    প্রকাশিত হয়নি বিদেশী সংবাদ
    মাধ্যমে। [...]

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    Re: [mukto-mona] Pope Francis says Big Bang theory does not contradict role of God

    I don't agree with Dr. Roy's logic here. Religions contradicting science is normal, as most of them did not come with any systematic analysis, logic or scrutiny.


    As for the Pope, the fellow is smart enough to try to provide some long-term safety to the business that he is the CEO of right now.


    SuBain


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    On Thu, 10/30/14, Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona] <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


    Subject: [mukto-mona] Pope Francis says Big Bang theory does not contradict role of God
    To: "Mokto Mona" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
    Date: Thursday, October 30, 2014, 7:18 PM

    Pope is exactly right;
    religion should not
    contradict science. In fact, it does not. Only some
    brain-dead believers
    contradict religion and science.
    Most religions say - everything
    happens as per God's
    wills. Following this logic, it should not be difficult to
    think that - Big
    Bang was one such event that God needed to start his new
    creations (point-zero). I like the accommodative nature of
    the Pope. Extending
    this logic further, one can say – all good ideas do come
    to those who are chosen
    by God, and scientists are the chosen ones to convey those
    messages, since dull-headed
    believers are no good for such complex
    messages.  Jiten Roy   

       


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    [mukto-mona] Pope Francis says Big Bang theory does not contradict role of God




    Pope is exactly right; religion should not contradict science. In fact, it does not. Only some brain-dead believers contradict religion and science.
    Most religions say - everything happens as per God's wills. Following this logic, it should not be difficult to think that - Big Bang was one such event that God needed to start his new creations (point-zero).
    I like the accommodative nature of the Pope. Extending this logic further, one can say – all good ideas do come to those who are chosen by God, and scientists are the chosen ones to convey those messages, since dull-headed believers are no good for such complex messages.  
    Jiten Roy   
       

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    Pope Francis says Big Bang theory does not contradict role of God
    Reuters
    October 28, 2014 2:45 PM                            

    Pope Francis: Big Bang theory doesn't conflict with God

    Pope Francis: Big Bang theory doesn't conflict with God
    Pope Francis: Big Bang theory doesn't conflict with God

                                                         


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