Ethinicity,race,origin,culture,dialect,religon.

The above-mention words, shapes or identifies one's profile in society.
It plays a huge role in the perceptive minds of people: stereotyping,prejudicing,judgement,employment,standing,etc.

Ethinicity: My paternal grandfather who was a religous teacher came from the java islands. He married my javanese-singaporean paternal grandmother(which is his eigth wife). My maternal grandfather who was a businessman came from Sylhet,Bangladash. He married my bengali-singaporean grandmother.

When i tell people that i'm part javanese/part bengali,they would tend to think that my mum is a sikh. There is a difference between bengalis and punjabis: Punjabis are from the punjab region, north-west of india and bengalis are from the bengal region, east of india.

My parents are both born and bred in this country of ours and have been integrated in the malay-muslim community. Majority of muslims in Singapore are malays and mostly non-malay muslims have adopted malay as their dialect.

Identity: I see myself as Javanese/Sylhetii Bengali living in a malay-muslim community. I'm proud of my origins yet humble by the simple fact that no one is superior than the other but his/her deeds to god.

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