Omar, who is 102, is blind. He says the most important thing he has brought with him into exile is his lati (walking stick). ‘If I hadn’t had my lati, I would have crawled to Bangladesh,’ he said. Omar and his fellow villagers ran after the neighbouring village was attacked, Omar followed the voices of the other refugees. He said leaving was the hardest thing he has done, but now he is safe and reunited with his family. ‘If you laugh, others will laugh with you. And if you stop laughing, you will die’