Ekushey 1972
As Coordinator of the refugee relief programme assisting 600,000 Bangladeshis, I was sitting in my OXFAM Refugee Relief Office near Park Circus, Calcutta on 21st February 1972 when I was informed by a...
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This weekend, Bangladesh celebrated Language Martyr’s Day once again. The holiday is one of my favourites – a celebration of the genuinely beautiful thing that brought me to Bangladesh in the first...
View ArticleThe spirit of Ekushey
February 21st is observed all over the world as International Mother Language Day. Even within Bangladesh, the emphasis is on the language movement of 1952 and the right of people to use their own...
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