 World Mother Language day
Happy World Mother language day!
Well, this day is celebrated every year on 21st February by the UNESCO, in memory of those Patriots, who sacrificed their lives to keep their mother tongue i.e. Bangla, alive, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 21st Feb, 1952.
The 21st of February reminds us of Ekushe. This was the day when student activists of the Bengali language movement were shot down in Dhaka outside the University. According to a police inquiry report, there were ‘nine casualties, of whom three were students and six outsiders’. This event, Ekushe, became the barometer of political sensitivity in the then East Pakistan. In 1961, and again in 1966, when there was protest against Ayub Khan’s government, the processions on the 21st were the longest ever seen. Similarly, the 21st witnessed much fiery enthusiasm when Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman had become the most popular leader in what was to emerge as Bangladesh.
The lesson to be learned from Ekushe is that there should be no suppression of the culture and language of any region. Moreover, and this is even more important, power and resources should be distributed by the centre in such a just, fair and equitable manner that language (or other distinctive features) do not become symbols of resistance.
On 17th June 1999(most probably) UNESCO decided in its general conference, Paris, to celebrate this day as World mother tongue dayThe world's nearly 6,000 languages will be celebrated on International Mother Language Day, an event aimed at promoting linguistic diversity and multilingual education;ensuring that these languages can continue in use alongside the major international languages of communication is a genuine challenge to countries worldwide.
Today, about half of the 6,000 or so languages spoken in the world are under threat. UNESCO aims at saving these languages,by creating awareness and encouraging people to speak in their mother tongue.
In my opinion, everyone loves their mother tongue. So, why don’t you all write a few lines in your mother tongue? And don’t forget to translate it in English!!
So, here I go:
“Moder gorob moder asha,
Aa mori bangla bhasha!” ( by R.N. Tagore)
These lines mean,
Our pride, our hope, our Bangla language.
(Alo would have translated it better!)
Ami amar matribhasha ke bhalobashi. ( I love my mother tongue)
Start writing everyone.
Ps. For more info on this day, u can consult Alohamora.)
Last edited by HP_crazy : 02-20-2008 at 08:11 PM.
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