Shamoly Rani Nath. Mother of Adrian Sowmik Nath, a Bangladesh born Bolivian lady, Shamoly works for Aerosur Airlines in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She may be one of the fewest females from Bangladesh working in so far a Latin American terrotory. Born in Sylhet, she passed Higher Secondary Certificate Exam from Sylhet Govt. College. She obtained her Honours Degree in Sociology from National University of Bangladesh. Later in 2003, on a holiday she made a pleasure trip to Bolivia. Since Bolivia Embassy was not available in Bangladesh, she got her Bolivian visa from London and flew to La Paz. While in Bolivia, she adapted herself with Bolivian society and culture. She learnt Spanish and loved Latin American life. She got two-year residence visa and came back to her native country. She got married and after a few months she went back to Bolivia. Adrian was born and she got permanent Bolivian residence permit. At the same time, she managed to get a job in the catering department of Aerosur Airlines.
Like Shamoly, a lot of Asian women are living in Bolivia with absolute ease and comfort. Most of them are from China. Chinese have their restaurants in almost all over Bolivia. But they do not cook Chinese typical food. They cook and sell Bolivian “ Brasa” and “Borasto”. Most of the Chinese restaurants are led by Chinese women. At the same time, Indian, Iraqi, Pakistani, Canadian women are there with their families. They never idle away their time, rather they are involved either in business or in jobs.
Bolivia remains a perfect location for living. ‘Perfect’ in the sense that the weather is not too hot or too cold. No militant activities are found there. People are very helpful and amicable. All these factors are always encouraging Asian women to choose Bolivia as their second home.
