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Download PDF UNESCO’s declaration of 21st February as the International Mother Language Day has brought fresh glory and prestige to Bangladesh which is making significant strides towards peace, progress and prosperity at home and discharging international obligations abroad. After 1952, the people of Bangladesh have been observing every year the 21st day of February as their glorious and unforgettable Language Martyrs Day. What happened on 21st February 1952 is widely known. Still let me very briefly recount the fateful happenings of that day and the circumstances that led to and followed them.
In August 1947, a new state called Pakistan, comprising two far-flung wings in the west and east, separated by 1600 kilometers of foreign territory, emerged on the world map. The ideological basis of that strange phenomenon was the absurd and pernicious two nation theory of Mr. Jinnah that ignored such basic elements as language and culture and considered religion as a bond strong and sufficient enough to transform a people into a nation.
The language of the people of eastern wing of Pakistan, and they were the majority, was Bangla. It had a rich tradition of literature of over a thousand years. The Bangalees also had a highly developed culture that had little in common with the culture of the people of western wing of Pakistan. The Bangalees’ love for and attachment to their language and culture were great and when in 1952 the neo-colonial, power-hungry, arrogant rulers of Pakistan declared that ‘Urdu and Urdu alone would be the state language of Pakistan, they sowed the seed of its future disintegration.
The people of the then East Pakistan, particularly the students, rose in angry protest against the vicious undemocratic designs of the government. Those designs really amounted to the destruction of Bangla language and culture and imposition of the language and culture of the people of western wing on the people of eastern wing. The reaction was strong and spontaneous.
The government decided to quell protests by brute force. The police opened fire on 21st February 1952 on unarmed peaceful protesters, most of whom were students, resulting in the death, among others, of Rafiq, Barkat, Jabbar and Salam. As the news of those deaths spread, the entire people of the eastern wing felt greatly involved emotionally. Those who lost their lives to uphold the prestige defend the rights of their mother-language became hallowed martyrs.
Their sacrifice at once tragic glorious and the indignation of the people against an autocratic government had far reaching effect. 21st February became a symbol and attained mythic properties, it nourished the concepts of democracy and secularism. It also contributed significantly to the flowering of Bangalee nationalism. It led to the dawning of the realization in the minds of the Bangalees that they constituted a separate nation and their destiny lay not with Pakistan but elsewhere as an independent country. The subsequent democratic mass movements of the late fifties, throughout the sixties and the seventies, and finally the struggle for independence and the war of liberation owed a great deal to 21st February.
From 1953 onwards, starting from 21st February 1953, the immortal 21st February has been observed as a great national event all over Bangladesh, and also beyond the frontiers of Bangladesh: in several places of India, UK, USA, Canada and elsewhere, wherever there is a sizeable concentration of Bangla speaking people. Yet so long, it has been mainly a national event of Bangladesh. But with the declaration of 21st February as the International Mother Language Day, it has transcended the national borders of Bangladesh and acquired an international significance and a global dimension.
At the initiative of the United Nations and its various organs, a number of specific days have been declared over the years as international days for observance by the people of the whole world. All these days highlight some values, events and issues and are intended to generate a healthy awareness in the people of the world about them with the ultimate aim of making this world a better place to live in for the entire human population. Thus we have the international literacy day, international women’s day. international children’s day, the international day for eradication of racial discrimination, international day for ensuring pure drinking water, international habitat day, international day for preservation of environment and many others.
Some of these international days are linked with certain specific events that took place in some specific countries. While observing these days, the people of the world recall those events and those countries as a matter of course. The world is thus brought closer providing peoples of the world with the chance to get out of their insularity.
International Mother Language Day is particularly significant in the sense that it has a cultural importance. From now on, 21st February — so long observed in Bangladesh as the Bangla Language Martyrs’ Day — will be observed here simultaneously as the Bangla Language Martyrs’ Day and the International Mother Language Day. And in nearly 200 countries of the world, various peoples speaking various languages and belonging to various national cultures will observe 21st February as the International Mother Language Day. They will naturally celebrate their own mother languages, but while doing so, it is more than likely that they will refer to Bangladesh and the Language Movement launched by her people that reached a climactic point on 21st February 1952.
The declaration made by the UNESCO in November 1999 designating 21st February as the International Mother Language Day has placed Bangladesh on the cultural map of the world with a highly positive image. We, people of Bangladesh, should now do all that we can to further develop our mother language Bangla in all branches of knowledge so that it can play a worthy role in the community of world languages. We shall love, cherish and promote Bangla, our own mother language, but we shall not indulged in any kind of chauvinism.
While devotedly serving our own language, we shall respect the languages of all the peoples of the world make 21st February - The International Mother Language Day - a great day, to be observed worldwide in the new century and the millennium that we have recently stepped into. Long live 21st February the International Mother Language Day!
Taken from: http://www.sdnbd.org/21st_february.htm
…and on this day my respects to everyone working to make bangla popular.
June 26th, 2008 at 3:14 am
” Pour Toi - For You ”
Il me faut au moins un signe de toi
La preuve que tu te débats
De ceux qui sont braqués sur moi
Mat’hachine, mat’hachine
Je veux être l’objet d’un choix
Mais faudra t’y faire désormais
Les tiens me semblent si mauvais
Sobri ya hamri
Et peu importe à quel prix
Il faudra payer mes cris
Je ne saurais jamais de ces avis
Qu’ils brisent notre vie
Tu m’as donné
Ce que je n’avais envisagé
La force pour moi oh d’espérer
Qu’un jour au moins on s’unirait
Hamri hourri ou mat’rrrohi
El hayette ma sayh’lile
Ne cherche que la porte
Qui te conduira vers moi
Au bout de ce chemin,
Il y aura là notre destin
Ma hamri ma n’halik
Sobre ya hamri
Mé had nharrr ou goutli britini fél hallal
Ou rrhaleme larrrbi scountiiii fi golbi
T’es aussi dans mon coeur
Bel farha kabemtini
Oualidèk ma Habouni
Galbi ma jourl oupqui ti
Je ne pouvais pas savoir
A la asseli
A la ouji mat’habouni
Mat’hali oualidék saha britini
Tu m’as donné
Ce que je n’avais envisagé
La force pour moi, oh, d’espérer
Qu’un jour au moins on s’unirait
Haïfine kabrine raltine
Et si j’abandonnais tout ce que j’espérais
Je me condamnerais
A cette histoire bafouée
Mais pourquoi résister
A tout c’ qu’on partageait
J’avoue, je pleurerais la perte de ton être
oh, el oualidine li an doume el kelma
Ne les laisse pas séparer nos ch’mins
Kounou sabrine mat kounou zel banine
oh, la mat ouili hayati ma sahaline
Ne cherche que la porte
Qui te conduira vers moi
Oh,yalaba maquoui woualidik
Li ma braouni
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(English)
Life is a train, running in darkness.
You are the driver, the pointsman and the ticket collector.
You can choose to advance, where to go, and who’s with you.
Decisions you’ve taken once, have led you where you are now.
You can look behind, but you can only go forward.
But sometimes, after having made a decision, you realise it’s not as you expected, as you imagined, as you wanted it to be…
depending on how you feel about it, yo must change your way, find one that suits you.
The driver panics, doesn’t know where he’s going.
The pointsman doesn’t know where to send the train, which is the right way, if it’s worth it to change it or not.
The ticket collector doesn’t know who to kick out, who should’t be part of the trip.
Think
Signals flash all over the place.
Think
But there’s only one way out
Imagine
The alternate way is taken.
You can only hope you imagined it right…
You can only hope that it will take you to the right place…
(France)
La vie est un train.
Tu es le conducteur, l’aiguilleur, et le contrôleur.
Tu peux choisir d’avancer, où aller, et qui est avec toi.
Les décisions que tu as prises t’ont enmenées où tu es maintenant.
Tu peux regarder derrière, mais tu ne peux qu’avancer.
Mais parfois, après avoir prise une désicion, tu réalise que ce n’est pas comme tu attendais, comme tu imaginais, comme tu le voulais.
Selon comment tu te sens, tu dois choisir une autre voie, une qui te convient.
Le conducteur panique, ne sait pas où il va vraiment.
L’aiguilleur ne sait pas ou envoyer le train, quelle est la bonne voie, si ça vaut le coup de changer.
Le contrôleur ne sais pas qui virer du train, qui ne devrait pas participer a ce voyage.
Réfléchis.
Les signaux flashent dans tout les sens.
Réfléchis.
Mais il n’y aura qu’une issue.
Imagine.
La voie alternative est prise.
Tu peux juste espérer que tu l’as bien imaginée.
Tu peux juste espérer qu’elle t’enmènera au bon endroit…
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Hi, my name is Akash.
Yeah, we got three tickets to the Bran Van concert
happening this Monday night at the Pacific Pallisades
You can all dial in if you want to answer a couple of questions, namely
What is Todd’s favourite cheese
Jackie just called up and said it was a form of Roquefort
We’ll see about that
Give us a ring-ding-ding
It’s a beautiful day
Yeah Todd, this is Liquid ring-a-ding-a-dinging
Want those three Bran Van tickets man
Waddya think
Todd, you there
I woke up again this morning with the sun in my eyes
When Mike came over with a surprise
A Mafioso story with a twist
A “Too Wong Foo, Julie Newmar” hitch
Get your ass out of bed, he said
I’ll explain it on the way
But we did nothing absolutely nothing that day and I say
What the hell am I doing drinking in L.A. at 26
I got the fever for the flavour, the payback will be later, still I need a fix
And the girls on the bus kept on laughing at us
As we rode on the ten down to Venice again
Flaring out the G-Funk
Sipping on a juice and gin
Just me and a friend
Feeling kinda groovy
Working on a movie
But we did nothing absolutely but kiss that day and I say
What the hell am I doing drinking in L.A. at 26
With my mind on my money and my money on my Beer beer
I know that life is for the taking so I better wise up and take it quick
Yeah, one more time at Trader Vic’s
Some men there wanted to hurt us
And other men said we weren’t worth the fuss
We could see them all bitching by the bar
About the fine line, between the rich and the poor
Then Mike turned to me and said
“What do you think we got done son ?”
We’ve got a conclusion and I guess that’s something so I ask you
What the hell am I doing drinking in L.A. at 26
I got the fever for the nectar, the payback will be later, still I need a fix
We need to fix you up, call me Monday and maybe we’ll fix it all up
So I ask you
What the hell am I doing drinking in L.A. at 26.
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July 24th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Hi
“”You don’t die from a broken heart- you only wish you did. don’t tell me you love me unless, you can prove it. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to. who you open you heart too, pls don’t lie to me and say Everything’s alright. I’m going to smile and make you think I’m happy, I’m going to laugh, so you don’t see me cry, I’m going to let you go in style and even If it kills me. I’m going to smile, angels don’t fly without wings, and mine have been broken for years. there’s a girl in my Mirror crying tonight, and there’s nothing I can say to make her feel alright, why did you have to Break my heart, It’s just weird, you know, when you have a picture of how something’s gonna be, and it turns out completely different. I gave you My heart and when I got it back it was broken and I couldn’t use it. would you like to keep it so you can sting it along and abuse it? you broke it stupid! fuck love. how can we believe when those closest choose to deceive. you said you couldn’t stand to see my heart broken so when you broke it did you look away ?? and: have hid my heart someplace special where it won’t get hurt by anyone, when you go would you have the gots to say, I don’t love you like I did yesterday. can we ever mend a broken heart ? the only man worth your tear’s won’t make you cry……..t……t…
I want to touch but when I try to touch it get broken maybe its best I keep away, these cuts won’t seem to heal, I’m not supposed to love you, I’m not supposed to care, I’m supposed to live my Life wishing you wishing you were there. I’m not supposed to wonder where you are or what you do, I’m sorry I can’t help myself cause I’m in love with you ! try’in 2 fix this Lo ve broken heart, how to mend this heart. luy is unconditional relationships are not……… don’t say you love me unless you mean it. because I might go and do something like believe it !! remember broken hearts will heal…………………………….
Day by Day and Time after Time. We often so wonder about our journey called Life. LIFE!. A journey we, on earth, have absolutely no control over. A mystical phase so tasteful and so tangible. A journey those of us who have passed away once magically possessed. A historical moment we all so much cling on to while we still have it. A journey those of us still living can’t help but ponder upon. A joyous and fruitful gift such is life…
Just takes the right person.””
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***************** ” Akash ” = +33 06 26 41 73 50. ****************
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