speak the language. they gave birth to a completely different industry. we're smart people, we're creative people. what does it mean to be a british bangladeshi? for me, it's supporting england in football and bangladesh in cricket. it's speaking bangla and english in the exact same sentence. it's eating rice and curry for mains and british chocolates for dessert. it's having a shopping list that starts with milk and bread and ends with bhang and naga chillies. it's putting my playlist on shuffle, appreciating both asian and western music. it's having a nine—to—fivejob on weekdays and helping the family business on weekends. it's going to a bengali wedding in the day and watching eastenders in the evening. it's seeing my mum in salwar kameez and a cardigan and my dad in a shirt and lungi.