None would be able to destroy Bengali culture: PM Hasina

[TheNoob]

Grow old and die.

Tired of associating her face with Bangladesh idk why

 

[khansaheeb]

What culture???

eating paan , fish and hanging opponents.

 

[Imran Khan]

Is bengali culture under threat ?

Political chooran sale

 

[Rusty]

Why are they so insecure?
Bangladesh is one of the largest countries in the world population wise.

 

[Black_cats]

It’s reference to the language movement where West Pakistani ruler tried to impose Urdu on Bengali people and students protested on 21st February of 1952 and died. Bengali and Irish are the only group of people in the world who fought for their language.

Due to the sacrifice of Bengali students on 21st feb the day has recognized as international mother language day!!

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Foolish lady.

 

[Major Sam]

Witch starts again... Iska randi rona ni band hona.

 

[itsanufy]

Shir Nihari amari - shikhor himadrir!

Matha oonchu korey bolun dada - aami Bangali.

Sixth largest language in the world behind Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic. 228 Million strong!

Only population that gave their lives for a language.....

Sir at last you have considered us (Bengali people of India) as a Bengali. Bengali who speaks Bengali with head high, not buckled by the pressure of Marwaris.

Anyway for information more people died in India for this cause than Bangladesh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement_(Barak_Valley)

Now for you in US
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way;
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee;
Into ever-widening thought and action;
Into that heaven of freedom,
My Father, let my country awake

 

[Cookie Monster]

Shir Nihari amari - shikhor himadrir!

Matha oonchu korey bolun dada - aami Bangali.

Sixth largest language in the world behind Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic. 228 Million strong!

Only population that gave their lives for a language.....

Isn't that a bit too much though? And a bit unreasonable?

When modern day Bangladesh and Pakistan were one country...the whole concept of ONE national language was so that ppl from any part of the country can communicate with any other part. U need one language for bureaucratic, legal, educational, communication purposes in a nation. How would a country exist where a part of population that speaks Sindhi can't communicate with Bengali speaking population, which in turn can't communicate with someone who speaks Pashto. Pakistan(including Bangladesh back then) has tons of languages...it had to pick one as the national language that everyone should learn. It wasn't just Bengalis who had to learn Urdu...Punjabis/Sindhis/Balochis/Kashmiris/Pathan all had to learn it. That's how it is in any country...for example in US u have to learn English. One can retain their mother tongue and learn English in addition...which was exactly the same for Bangladeshi folks...they weren't forbidden to speak Bengali.

It's all good and jolly to be proud of ur identity and heritage...but that opposition to Urdu was a bit too far IMO and without any good convincing reason too. All the Bangladeshi ppl I know here(in US) speak English...I don't see them protesting...even Bangladeshi folks living in Bangladesh speak English like on this forum for example. The reason is simple...it's to be able to communicate...bcuz non Bangladeshi ppl won't understand Bengali(barring Indian Bengalis)...so why was it so terrible when Urdu was selected for that same purpose of communication?

 

[hussain0216]

Who gives a fuc

Are countries sitting around working out ways to destroy bengali culture?

 

[BATMAN]

Bengali culture is to serve Indians in all capacity.

 

[kingQamaR]

It’s reference to the language movement where West Pakistani ruler tried to impose Urdu on Bengali people and students protested on 21st February of 1952 and died. Bengali and Irish are the only group of people in the world who fought for their language.

Due to the sacrifice of Bengali students on 21st feb the day has recognized as international mother language day!!

West Pakistanis and east Pakistanis were like a earlier version of a mini European Union in 1947s, European Union business language its called ENGLISH and state institutions all use it in Brussels. Not an issue with all the different speaking groups there. Doesn’t mean French German Dutch speakers losing there national language now does it

But you people are so stupid to have not understood this like you’re current cousins Indians led by donkey politics.

au revoir

 

[Max]

Who want to destroy your culture?

 

[Riyad]

Bengali culture or Bangladeshi culture?.Could any Bengali from Bangladesh or India explain this.

Bangladeshi culture is called 'Bangali Muslim Culture'. It does have Hindu influence but its still considered Bangali Muslim culture. Eid is the biggest festival followed by Pohela Boishakh, Bengali New Year Festival which has Hindu influence.

Indian Bengali culture is heavily Hindu Bengali influenced. Durga Puja is the biggest festival followed by several other Pujas. Pohela Boishakh is also celebrated but not as auspiciously as Bangladesh but it is still celebrated. Basically Indian Bengali festival is centered around Durga Puja, not pohela Boishakh.

Literary culture is same. Bangladeshis follow Muslim writers most followed by Rabindranath Tagore, Sarat Chandra. India Bengalis follow Hindu writers most followed by only one notable Muslim writter Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Bangladeshis watch mainly commercial song and dance movies, Indian Bengalis mostly watch art type films.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Literary culture is same. Bangladeshis follow Muslim writers most followed by Rabindranath Tagore, Sarat Chandra. India Bengalis follow Hindu writers most followed by only one notable Muslim writter Kazi Nazrul Islam.

And this is the real reason why 1971 happened.