University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive) Faculty of Business and Law 1-1-2007 Family Values and Cultural Continuity among the Displaced East Bengal Hindus in Kolkata Golam Sarwar Khan University of Sydney Muhammad K. Chowdhury University of Wollongong,
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[email protected] Family Values and Cultural Continuity among the Displaced East Bengal Hindus in Kolkata Abstract In the process of resettlement in Kolkata, the East Bengal (EB) Hindu refugee-migrants initiated some strategic plans for their unity. These plans were reflected in their attitudes of etainingr family values, marriage practices and distinct cultural boundaries. EB Hindus known as Bangal tended to maintain such distinctive attitudes because they could not easily socialise and adjust themselves with the local people of West Bengal (WB) known as Ghoti. Initially, the EB Hindus felt threatened by maintaining distinct cultural values and supremacy primarily for their unsettled status. Even after a stay of over 30 years in Kolkata, most EB Hindus could not consider India as their permanent home. Neither the EB migrants took positive steps for their social adjustment with the WB society, nor did the WB locals extend their support for the migrants socialisation process.