{"id":5988,"date":"2009-10-17T14:18:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T19:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5988"},"modified":"2009-10-17T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T21:06:34","slug":"achar_wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/17\/achar_wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ahchar WINS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember back in spring when I wrote about how the Korean community and the Bangladeshi community of Los Angeles were all up in arms over the official naming of “Little Bangladesh”?<\/a> They were at impass, the Korean community unwilling to give up a portion of their officially named Korea Town. After months of back and forth, on October 15th, Little Bangladesh officially exists.<\/p>\n\n

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I kid you not this was the only news source I found about this notable occasion. Although groan worthy humorous, I also find the youtube video a testament to true Desi grassroots organizing at it’s finest. With floating fishes and bubbles to boot.<\/p>\n\n

What I was able to gather from the video is that on October 15th, representative of the Korean Community Sam Lee and a representative of the Bangladeshi community Shamim Hussein met in City Councilman Tom LaBonge’s office<\/a>. It was decided and signed upon that the official Little Bangladesh will now be on 3rd Street between Alexandria Ave and New Hampshire Ave. A four block span, this area is already home the Deshi Food & Groceries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Obviously this is just the beginning of a long process. I would imagine that there will be a naming ceremony and an encouragement to have the Bangladeshi community invest in starting up businesses on those few blocks. There’s already an annual independence day festival at a nearby park and an annual parade. Many Bangladeshi immigrants from my father’s generation got their footing in the US, in that very neighborhood – so there is the continuing on of Bangladeshi-American history that will be marked by the official naming of the community. What else will be gained, only time will tell.<\/p>\n\n

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