Vol. 5 Num 249 Sat. February 05, 2005       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Literature SHORT STORY Envy The scene was the Bumbu restaurant in the pub-littered Jalan Sultan Road, Singapore. It used to be a shophouse in the sixties, and those which survive today aren't used as mama shops1 anymore. Jumping Ship: Three Bangladeshi Diaspora Novels in English On the map of South Asian anglophone literature, Bangladesh is very much on the fringe, more so than Pakistan or Sri Lanka.     Advertisement