Gentrification of Banglatown
Demise of the Sylheti, Heartland.
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| Mayar's Banglatown |
At least hundred years of Sylheti home land in Britain, Spitalfields, East End of London, Tower Hamlets, London, England is now being taken away especially under the noses of the Bangladeshi Politicians of Tower Hamlets.
Pioneers paved the way for the beneficiaries of today, the endurance of the Sylhetis in the 00s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. From Ayub Ali to Aftab Ali and many of their peers who brought and set the foundations on alien land that went on to become Banglatown.
The screams of the loved ones who had to bear witness to the "Paki Bashi" victims of the 70s, Tosir Ali's murder in 1970 and then the murder of Altab Ali, he was stabbed in the neck in Whitechapel, out side of the church and his blood marked two hundred yards to his collapsing point. Ishaque Ali's murder in Algate East and Ambor Ali's murder in Hackney Road area, all in 1978 and within two months; they were sacrificed in the area now being gentrified.
The beneficiaries have been many since 1982 and before 2018 election we have had 90 councillors, 1 Baroness and 1 MP in Tower Hamlets. The latter part of the beneficiaries seem so out of touch that what the early councillors created and established are being stripped away.
[The Tower hamlets Bangladeshi Politicians' Book lists all 91 of them]
In recent time while Altab Ali gets the bus stop he collapsed at renamed with his name, yet on the other hand the stripping of Banglatown is going un-contested. The heart of the Bangladeshis is being gentrified, the businesses are being squeezed out with high rents and rates, the street furnitures are being replaced, the lampposts, the bollards are gone in 2018. The Nari Samity building is gone, The Jagonari building is gone too.
What are the boroughs politicians doing? many have been in the councillorship for over 10 years, the councillor's roles have also come some way, they used to offer allowances for attendance but know it has become more of a salary.
In this book you will find a list of all the achievement the Sylheti community has achieved in and for the borough. The physical, structural, local, national, international and policy level.
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