Nilkhet, Dhaka
15 June 2012

Dear Zenifer,

It is a long since I heard from you. Your silence pains me much. It will be a pleasure for me if you write to me time to time. Now I am writing to you about an important matter. It shocked me greatly when I learnt that Muslims of Myanmar are in great trouble. Only 4% people of Myanmar are Muslims. They are oppressed by arrogant Buddhist in different ways. So Rohingas are trying to enter into Bangladesh to save their life. You will be surprised knowing that though Bangladesh is a neighboring country of Myanmar there is an opposite scenario in Bangladesh in this regard. There exists no racial clash or religious arrogance in Bangladesh. People of all religion like the Hindus, the Muslims, the Christians, the Buddist all live in harmony and in peace here. There are 88.35% Muslims, 10.5% Hindus, 0.6% Buddhists, 0.3% Christians and 0.3% are other religion followers in Bangladesh. We see that though most of the people are Muslims in Bangladesh, they do not oppress others. But in India you may know that, as it is a Hindu dominated country, Muslims are oppressed by Hindus. There are about 13 lakhs tribal people in Bangladesh. They normally live in hill tracts area. They also enjoy much freedom and privileges in these areas. So, Bangladesh may be regarded as an ideal state in this perspective.

It will be a great pleasure for us if you visit our beautiful Bangladesh shortly. With best regards and love to all.

Yours ever
Afsana