Not Myth But Reality
Subtitle: -The Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh
Publisher: Pathok Somabesh, Dhaka
Published: June 2009
Place of publication: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Table of contents: title: For Text Flap:; title: Bangladesh is blessed with a cultural mosaic. But all the mosaic pieces do not glitter, particularly a large number of small pieces are not distinct and also not blended well with the big and dominants. About 45 indigenous communities are indeed very much discriminated against and segregated from the mainstream. The book presents the issues where the pain of discrimination, exploitation and other forms of deprivation is obvious.; title: The indigenous communities are living in the country for centuries but their very recognition is unclear. They do possess a unique cultural identify but hardly valued. Their livelihood is tough and full of hardship but remain unattended and unaddressed.  To comprehend such misery the book has organized facts and figures, obtained through a baseline study, in a manner that will give brief but meaningful information of the indigenous people. Beside various factors keeping them out of the mainstream, the most crucial is the economic, which include labour, occupation, income and other related variables. Nevertheless, land remains the major concern. Once owned and now lost is a tragedy in a person’s life. All these issues occupy a major section of the book. Along with, discussion has also been made about availability of services from government and non-government and their access to those. While reading each chapter certain recommendations have also been made, both in overt and covert language.