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  Bangladesh’s Indigenous Hindu Minority Protection and Proposing their Survival At the Annual North American Bengali Convention (NABC) of 2023 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A.   Sachi G. Dastidar               During the 4 th of July weekend, as usual, the annual NABC convention was held, this time at Atlantic City, New Jersey. At its initiation of Bengali Convention over four decades ago this writer was a member of the committee and was in charge of organizing forums for the first three years until he volunteered to give that to Dr. Alamgir. Several decades ago, NABC didn’t like forums, but this year they allowed two separate forums on the issue of minority protection and saving them from extermination. At British-created Muslim-Non-Muslim partition of Bengal and India in 1947, Bangladesh, then called East Pakistan, had over 30%, almost about a third of its population as non-Muslim indigenous Hindu...

  CELEBRATING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY 4 TH OF JULY IN LATE JUNE 2023 Sachi G. Dastidar               We all know that independence of the First nation ruled by its people is 4 th of July. But then again, that path for all nation can be celebrated every day of 365 days. So, many celebrations in the U.S. start earlier. New York City has a big fireworks based of the middle of East River, at times at the middle of Hudson River done by Macy’s department store. In Queens, for many years a fire work celebration took place on the bay close to the Throngs Neck Bridge., sponsored by the local N.Y.C Councilwoman, Historical Society, and many others. Covid prevented people getting together for the past four years until 2023 opened it for all. It was held at the Fort Totten military area, on top of a hill with clear view of the bay and the bridge connecting New York City’s Borough of Queens and Bronx borough. It was wonderf...