In search of identity
Groupwork
E. Work in groups. Take roles as a TV Anchor, Mojnu Mia, Fazlur Rahman, and Nilima Chowdhury as given in the following text. Put suitable verb form into each gap of the text related to your role. Then act out the talk show.
TV Anchor : Viewers, to our program 'Looking back to roots'. Today we three guests with us-Mr Mojnu Mia, a slum dweller, Mr Fazlur Rahman, an immigrant to UK, and a social scientist Nilima Chowdhury. Today we to see how people when they are detached from their roots, what might some consequences, and how a social scientist them. Let me to Mr. Mojnu Mia. Mojnu Mia, where you from and why and how have you to this city?
Mojnu Mia : I'm from Sherpur. You it's a river erosion-prone area. The river has washed away most of my agricultural land. It has my home as well. Now you can that I'm a refugee. I and my family members. to this city with our last savings. But I'm fed up with the life here. I Vegetables as a hawker. I very hard. I can't any time to my wife or kids. I in a slum. It's very dirty. People are sometimes involved in different sorts of crime. My kids don't it. Neither my wife nor me. In the village, everybody used to us but here no one knows me. I have nowhere to none to beside me. Nobody me. I the city will give me a moderate life. But I'm mistaken.
TV anchor : Right. We are really sorry to about your situation. Now let us to Mr Fazlur Rahman. Mr. Rahman, why did you your country and how are you feeling in the UK?
Fazlur Rahman: Well I was young when I went to UK. My first few years were terrible. I all kinds of odd jobs. Gradually I experience. I different professional training courses. And over the period my language Now I'm a citizen there. I my own detached home, personal car, and business. When I there I was a poor man but now I'm a rich man. I a good amount of income tax but to be honest, when I country, I wish I should not to UK. It's my own country. I my friends and family members here. I miss my culture, tradition, food, and what not? I there for more than 15 years but still there is a distinction between the native people and expatriates like me. Perhaps we will never shake off our identity as foreigners.
TV Anchor : Ok, let us the explanation of these problems from a social scientist, Nilima Chowdhury. Ms Chowdhury, what are your interpretations of these problems?
Nilima Chowdhury: You see, this problem is often diaspora. A diaspora is created through migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland. There might be different reasons for that. It may be due to government action, political decisions or for avoiding conflict and war. Diaspora has some common consequences. Once people are away from their roots, they have a kind of culture shock. They take time to to the new culture. Sometimes they never integrate. This them a feeling of home sickness. In spite of their strong fascination for homeland or hometown diaspora people to get back to their roots because of ecomomic and social realities. As a result, they have a kind of mental conflict and identity crisis which make their life restless. Sometimes a lack of social acceptance coupled with economic hardship, inadequate education, and loose family ties people involved in crimes. You may ask, “Does it that people won't to other cities / countries?”. People will, as it is 21st century when the world is a big global village. But we to be aware of the problems created by migration. It's a reality that people with better ties with their roots suffer less from this problem. So instead of being allured by the better life' we can to be happy with what we have and gradually try to develop our condition without forgetting our roots.