Bangladeshi women in Italy struggle for gender rights
Fresh date palm juice (khejurer rosh) can be used for pitha as well as payesh (rice pudding). In the coastal area bangladeshi women, juice from the nipa or mangrove palm (golpata) is collected to make pitha, payesh and molasses from the juice. The well-known proverb “mache bhate bangali” interprets as “Bangali by fish and rice.” […]