The document describes the story of two Bengali families, the Choudhury family and the Miah family, who immigrated to the United States in the 1970s. The families became close and socialized often at the Kohinoor Restaurant in Manhattan. Mofiz Miah's daughter Shahin Ara married Mujirul Hoque Siddiquee, a classmate of Gulam Mustafa Choudhury from Bangladesh. The families had children and lived in New York for many years before losing contact with each other as their lives changed.

2. The story of two families

4. Shiraz Choudhury

8. Mofiz Miah

13.  Nephew of Shiraz
Choudhury
 Moved to the U.S.
In 1970
 Attended Harren
High School in
Manhattan
 Attended
Fordham University
 Worked at
Kohinooor
Restaurant

14.  Shiraz
Choudhury
brought other
nephews to the
States
 The two
families became
close friends.
 Kohinoor
Restaurant was
the site of
many social
gatherings
 It became
the first
hangout for the
young Bengali
men of the time

15. The Choudhury family and Miah family grew up in the U.S. and
eventually went their own ways.

16.  In 1976, Mofiz
Miah’s older
daughter graduated
from Washington
Irving High School
 It was time for
her to get married

17.  Before coming
to the U.S. in
1970, Gulam
Mustafa
Choudhury
attended high
school in Sylhet
 One of his
classmates was
Mujirul Hoque
Siddiquee

18.  Shahin Ara, the
older daughter of
Mofiz Miah
 Mujirul Hoque
Siddiquee, the
classmate of Gulam
Mustafa Choudhury,
were married in the
summer of 1976

20.  Gulam
Mustafa
Choudhury
married
Rayhana in
1978.

22. The Choudhury family lived in Queens, The Siddiquee family lived in Manhattan ,, Both had 3 children; two
boys and a girl.

23.  The Choudhury family grew up in NYC.

24.  In 19888, the Siddiquee family moved back to Bangladesh, they lived in Dhaka.
 The Siddiquee family moved back to NYC in 1999 so the children could attend college in the States.

25. The connection between the two classmates
was lost; they never reunited.
The friendship between the Choudhury family
and the Miah family was just a memory.
 In 1999, the Siddiquee family moved back to
New York City so the children could attend
college in the U.S.

27. Rayhan Choudhury &
Amena Siddiquee-Choudhury