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...in which Jen and Ben, two small-town American kids, relate the marvels and mishaps of a year spent in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bideshis R Us
About Us
- Jen and Ben Lamm
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Two 'bideshis' (Bengali for 'foreigner') from Colorado and Kentucky, respectively, who had an itch to learn a new language and get to know another part of the world. A Fulbright grant to Bangladesh looked like the perfect opportunity, funding Jen's doctoral fieldwork in sociolinguistics (stylistic variation in the Bangladeshi bazaar). Meanwhile, Ben, a former teacher and current 'kept man', looks forward to a year of blues-guitar playing and Bengali-learning. Stay tuned!
1 comment:
Thanks for the tour! The most striking thing that we don't get with just the written word are the extraordinary sounds. Every time you get within three feet of a window, I couldn't help notice the birds, bells, and people shouting from the street below.
Amazing!
Take us to the market!
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