The schools and work of Our Lady of the Missions sisters have educated many members of the Khasi ethnic group in Bangladesh. Several are now established in society and work to protect the land rights of their community.
Indigenous leaders and researchers have questioned the accuracy of ethnic population data shown in the latest census report and said the actual figure would be much higher.
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Feb 22 2021 - Since her husband Abrahm Soreng died two years ago, 70-year-old Veronica Kerketa doesn’t get the chance to talk in her mother tongue at home. None of her children or grandchildren speak the Kharia language.
In her village, under Bormachhara tea garden area of Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila, only one other person her younger sister, 65-year-old Christina Kerketa speaks Kharia.
“Except for the two of us, the nearest person who knows this language, Jaharlal Pandey Induar, lives three kilometres away from our village,” said Veronica.
“I talk with my sister or sometimes talk with him in this language when we meet.”