Tribute to Language movement

[genmirajborgza786]

You may not have any sentiments for Sindhi, Balochi, Pashto speaking people since you said you are Urdu speaker. This is hugely insulting to those who are demanding their fundamental right to speak in their mother languages. I will keep posting and piss you off. I don't care about you. If you want to argue then give evidence that Pakistan is respecting multi linguistic society.

they are Pakistanis you idiot
you are bringing in Pakistan & its people in a thread about your damn country's language movement, who has given Bangladesh the moral authority to question about Pakistan & its internal matters ? first check your country repression of the chakma people of Chittagong & then talk, & what the heck does present day Pakistan have to do with Bengali language movement after so many God damn years ? why are you bringing in Pakistan into this ?

@Aeronaut @WebMaster @Oscar

now if this is not trolling & provoking then what is ?

 

[A Town]

Ok, some Hindus have names such Jaya krishnana or other hindu god/goddess, our names are prophetic names or names of noble people in Islamic history, khalasss. Khatun, Khanom, Uddin, Ullah, Miah, Begum, Nessa, Islam, Khan, these names have existed in Islamic Bengal and still today they are very popular although some are very classical/olden names. There are Islamic names that have been "Bengali-fied",names such as Nazmul is actually meant to be Nazm-ul-Islam etc.

Are there any traditional Bengali surnames that Muslims use?

 

[IamBengali]

FLI to organize conference on International Mother Language Day

Pakistan is home to about 65 languages and about 27 of these are spoken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and due to lack of institutional support many of these languages are now endangered and some are likely to die soon. UNESCO has listed more than 20 languages as extremely endangered.

ILMD has been celebrated every year on February 21 since 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. This year’s theme of IMLD is “Local languages for global citizenship: spotlight on science” UNESCO highlights importance of mother tongue as part of the right to education and encourages its member states to promote instructions and education in the mother tongues.

FLI to organize conference on International Mother Language Day | PAMIR TIMES | Voices of the Mountain Communities

 

[IamBengali]

Mother Language Day celebration in Kolkata

ওপার বাংলায়ও উদযাপিত হচ্ছে অমর একুশ
কলকাতা প্রতিনিধি । ২১ ফেব্রুয়ারি, ২০১৪ ৩:১৫

আজ মহান আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা ও শহীদ দিবস। বাংলায় মাতৃভাষার অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠায় রফিক-সালাম-বরকত-জব্বারদের আত্মোত্‍সর্গের দিন। সেই উপলক্ষে ওপার বাংলা কলকাতায়ও উদযাপিত হচ্ছে একুশ। আর এ উপলক্ষে শুক্রবার রাজ্যজুড়ে নানা কর্মসূচি হাতে নেওয়া হয়েছে।

বৃহস্পতিবার থেকেই বিভিন্ন জায়গায় অনুষ্ঠান শুরু হয়েছে। বৃহস্পতিবার বিকেলে থেকে রাতভর অ্যাকাডেমি অফ ফাইন আর্টস চত্বরে সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন করেছে ভাষা ও চেতনা সমিতি। সেখানে বাংলাদেশ, শ্রীলঙ্কা, নেপাল-সহ বিভিন্ন দেশের সাংস্কৃতিক গোষ্ঠীও যোগ দিচ্ছে। প্রেসিডেন্সি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে ভাষা দিবস উপলক্ষে অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন করেছিল এসএফআই। যাদবপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে আবার ভাষা দিবস উপলক্ষে শুরু হয়েছে লিটল ম্যাগাজিন মেলা। আয়োজনে ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং বিভাগের ছাত্র সংগঠন ফেটসু। মেলার পাশাপাশি সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠানেরও আয়োজন করা হয়েছে।

বিভিন্ন ভাষা-সংস্কৃতির মানুষই শামিল হচ্ছেন এই সব অনুষ্ঠানে। পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকারের তথ্য ও সংস্কৃতি বিভাগের তরফে অনুষ্ঠান হবে দেশপ্রিয় পার্কের ভাষা স্মারক স্তম্ভ চত্বরে। বিকেল সাড়ে চারটায় অনুষ্ঠানের উদ্বোধন করবেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। সাহিত্যিক মহাশ্বেতা দেবী, কবি জয় গোস্বামী, পরিচালক গৌতম ঘোষ, অভিনেতা প্রসেনজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায়সহ বিশিষ্টজনরা উপস্থিত থাকবেন। বিভিন্ন শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠানেও পালিত হবে ‘অমর একুশে’ দিবস৷ ভাষা উদ্যানেও অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন হয়েছে।

প্রেসিডেন্সি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের নবনির্বাচিত ছাত্র সংসদের পক্ষ থেকে বেলা একটায় সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠান ও জমায়েতের ডাক দেওয়া হয়েছে। সেখানে বাংলা গান-কবিতা-নাটকের পাশাপাশি নিজেদের ভাষায় অনুষ্ঠানে অংশ নেবেন উত্তরবঙ্গ এবং দেশের উত্তর-পূর্বাঞ্চল থেকে আসা পড়ুয়ারাও। ছাত্র সংসদের সহকারী সভাপতি অমরদীপকুমার সিং বলেন, ’ভাষা দিবস মানে কেবল বাংলা নয়, সাঁওতালি, নেপালি–সব ভাষার অধিকার রক্ষাই লক্ষ্য। তাই সীমিত ক্ষমতার মধ্যেই আমরা সব ভাষাভাষি পড়ুয়াদের অনুষ্ঠানে যোগ দেওয়ার আবেদন করেছি।

কলেজ স্কোয়্যারে শিল্পী-সাংস্কৃতিক কর্মী-বুদ্ধিজীবী মঞ্চের ডাকেও বিকেল চারটায় এক সমাবেশের ডাক দেওয়া হয়েছে। ওই অনুষ্ঠানে সভাপতিত্ব করবেন কবি তরুণ সান্যাল। অনুষ্ঠান চলাকালীন ছবি আঁকবেন শিল্পী সমীর আইচ, রবীন মণ্ডলরা। দুপুর একটায় বিভিন্ন পত্রিকা গোষ্ঠীর ডাকেও জমায়েতের আয়োজন হয়েছে। সেখানে সঙ্গীত পরিবেশন করবেন প্রতুল মুখোপাধ্যায়-সহ অন্য শিল্পীরা। দুপুর দেড়টায় এলিয়ট পার্ক থেকে নন্দন পর্যন্ত পদযাত্রার ডাক দিয়েছে শিল্প-সংগঠন ‘আবরা কা ডাবরা’।

সকালে ভাষা দিবস উপলক্ষে কলকাতার পার্ক সার্কাসে অবস্থিত বাংলাদেশ লাইব্রেরি থেকে একটি সুদৃশ্য প্রভাতফেরী বের হয়। এসময় প্রভাতফেরীতে দূতাবাসের কর্মীদের পাশাপাশি কয়েক শত মানুষও যোগ দিয়েছিলেন। তাদের হাতে ছিল নানা বর্ণ মালার পোস্টার। পরে শহরের বেশকয়েকটি জায়গা ঘুরে সেই প্রভাতফেরী এসে পৌঁছয় বাংলাদেশ উপ-দূতাবাস প্রাঙ্গণে।

সেখানে শহীদমিনারে ফুল দিয়ে ভাষা শহীদদের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা জানান বিশিষ্ট সাহিত্যিক শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়, উপ-রাষ্ট্রদূত আবিদা ইসলামসহ ফার্স্ট সেক্রেটারি (প্রেস) মুস্তাক আহমেদসহ বিশিষ্টরা। এরপরই ভাষা দিবসের তাৎপর্য নিয়ে একটি আলোচনা সভারও আয়োজন করা হয়।

এদিকে কলকাতার রবীন্দ্রসদন চত্বরেও নবজাগরণ সংগঠন এবং ভাষা-চেতনা সমিতির যৌথ উদ্যোগে বৃহস্পতিবার রাত থেকেই শুরু হয়েছে মহান একুশে দিবস ও ভাষা আন্দোলনের ৬২ বছর পূর্তি উপলক্ষে বিশেষ অনুষ্ঠান। বাংলাদেশ, মেঘালয়, আসাম পশ্চিমবঙ্গ থেকে প্রায় দুই শতাধিক শিল্পী-সাহিত্যিক-সাংবাদিক এই অনুষ্ঠানে যোগ দিয়েছেন। উপস্থিত আছেন সুফি, কাওয়ালি, বাউল, জারি-সারি, ছৌ নাচের শিল্পীরা। রাত ১২ টায় বেরোয় মশাল মিছিল।

কলকাতা ছাড়াও পশ্চিমবঙ্গের জেলায় জেলায় পালিত হয় আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস। ত্রিপুরা-বাংলাদেশের জিরো পয়েন্টেও আন্তর্জাতিক ভাষা দিবস পালন করা হয়। উদ্যোক্তা ত্রিপুরা সরকারের তথ্য সংস্কৃতি দফতর।

উল্লেখ্য, আজ থেকে ৬০ বছর আগে ১৯৫২ সালের ২১ ফেব্রুয়ারি বাংলা ভাষা ও সংস্কৃতির জন্য প্রায় দিয়েছিলেন বাংলাদেশের আটজন তরুণ। এরা হলেন সালাম, বরকত, রফিক, জব্বার, শফিক প্রমুখ। তারপর থেকেই দিনটি আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস হিসেবে পালিত হয়ে আসছে।

ওপার বাংলায়ও উদযাপিত হচ্ছে অমর একুশ

 

[IamBengali]

Mother language day and tongueless Punjab
mushtaq-soofi

February 21 is the International Mother Language Day celebrated every year all over the world with the express purpose of preserving, protecting and promoting the incredible linguistic diversity we humans have. Linguistic dinversity, in a sane world, would be a robust expression of multi-dimensional human potential and thus an immensely fecund source of irreplaceable intellectual, literary and cultural richness. But sadly we have a world driven in a large measure by an imperceptible streak of insanity that has its roots in a sick fear of diversity, be it linguistic, racial or religious. The fear itself has its origins in the subterranean world of insecurity that accompanied our early forebears at the cusp of evolutionary process. Fear of diversity is in fact fear of the unknown. The unknown, being something other than familiar, creates visceral uneasiness in the recess of our sub-conscious, raising our instinct driven antennas in anticipation of an amorphous threat to our survival. But when the unknown through a tense and tedious process of exploration becomes known and is appropriated, adds to our strength by providing us yet another tool in our struggle for survival. So our fear of diversity implies lack of knowledge and hence a spectre born of ignorance.

Ignorance provides a sellable rationale for wiping out what appears different or is different through insidiously peaceful means as well as brute force. Ethnic and religious diversity has caused innumerable conflicts and wars. Linguistic diversity is no exception. All the empires and most of the modern nation states invariably have suppressed the languages other than those used by dominant groups and classes in the name of so-called national unity and social cohesion. Single language per se, history tells us, cannot guarantee the politically motivated ideal of unity. Arabs (of various hues) using various dialects of Arabic have more dozens of nation states while Indians having dozens of languages are comfortable with a single nation state. Pakistan is a good case study in terms of nexus between politics and language. Interestingly the international Mother Language Day is a byproduct of Pakistani politics which used its language policy as an ideological and political tool to suppress the cultural diversity and plurality of its various regions having distinct historical identities.

Leaders of Pakistan Movement in 20th century presented distinct religion based cultural identity of Indian Muslims as a rationale and justification to carve out a new country comprising the areas where they were in majority. Language was an important element of such an identity component. Urdu flaunted as the language of Indian Muslims, an assertion only partly true, did play a role in creating a package stamped with separate Muslim distinctness. But political tools always have a relative significance. A political tool effective in a situation may become useless, even counterproductive in changed circumstances. And this is exactly what happened with Urdu after the emergence of Pakistan. It lost its relevance as a uniting link between different provinces/regions of the country which had and still have their own distinct languages older than it. When the government of Pakistan declared Urdu as the sole national language in 1948, Bengalis of erstwhile East Pakistan, proud of their literary and cultural heritage, vociferously resented the decision. Dhaka University became the hub of new cultural politics. Police fired on the protesters on Feb 21, 1953, killing four students who were agitating for the rights of the Bengali, the language of the majority of the country. This brutal act had huge but unanticipated consequences for the future of the country. Faced with relentless agitation the central government finally conceded the demand and declared Bengali as one of the national languages but the damage had already been done to the national fabric.

After the separation of East Pakistan, the parliament of Pakistan framed a new constitution in 1973 that partly solved our linguistic conundrum by giving the provinces power to make the languages of the areas under their jurisdiction as their official languages. Consequently Sindhi along with Urdu became the official language of Sindh province. In recent times the previous government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa introduced the teaching of Pushto, Hindko and other languages of its regions in schools and colleges. Dr. Abdul Malik, the chief minister of Balochistan, some time back announced that different languages of the province like Balochi, Pushto and Brahvi would be taught at school level. As far as Punjab, the biggest province, is concerned, the situation is extremely pathetic to say the least. Its elite, full of cultural self-loathing, egregiously exhibits its contempt for the language/languages spoken by the people of Punjab. A bit of teaching and study of mother language/languages at college and university level, the practice currently in vogue, is like having a rootless tree. What is urgently needed is the reversal of this absurd top to down policy. Denying our children the teaching in their mother language/languages is a blatant violation of their universally recognised fundamental right. Such a policy, various UNO reports indicate, has resulted in a high drop-out rate at primary level in Punjab. As a first step to rectify the abysmal situation what is needed is the immediate introduction of mother language/languages in schools and colleges throughout Punjab. This will give tremendous boost to literacy, reducing the travails of learning among the children.

Punjab’s elite must revisit its educational and cultural policy that presents a small number of academically qualified but culturally alienated young men and women from the upper crust as a mark of its success while scaring away an overwhelmingly large number of children of the under privileged. Language is the key if we want to tackle the problems of ignorance, illiteracy, extremism and cultural alienation in our part of Pakistan. People will no longer be quiescent if they are denied their linguistic rights indefinitely in the name of unity laced with dollops of ideology. The ground reality of the country does not fall into the trope of ‘one nation one language’. — soofi01@hotmail.com


Mother language day and tongueless Punjab - DAWN.COM

 

[SHAMK9]

You may not have any sentiments for Sindhi, Balochi, Pashto speaking people since you said you are Urdu speaker. This is hugely insulting to those who are demanding their fundamental right to speak in their mother languages. I will keep posting and piss you off. I don't care about you. If you want to argue then give evidence that Pakistan is respecting multi linguistic society.

Look idiot, we are glad that you found your love for india and your country. Everyone in Pakistan is bilingual, depending on the region where you study, you are allowed to study english, urdu and your ethnic language. You dont know jack sh*t about Pakistan so stop degrading yourself.

 

[IamBengali]

Look idiot, we are glad that you found your love for india and your country. Everyone in Pakistan is bilingual, depending on the region where you study, you are allowed to study english, urdu and your ethnic language. You dont know jack sh*t about Pakistan so stop degrading yourself.

I posted PICS of mass people protesting for their right to get their languages recognized and be respected and you are calling me idiot. Nice. You should respect others than you will be respected. No wonder why common Pakistanis are still protesting for their fundamental rights.

 

[Saiful Islam]

Are there any traditional Bengali surnames that Muslims use?

Miah is a traditional Bengali surname. Most Bengali men have the surname Miah. Actually at least half of the older Bengali men have the surname Miah.

 

[SHAMK9]

I posted PICS of mass people protesting for their right to get their languages recognized and be respected and you are calling me idiot. Nice. You should respect others than you will be respected. No wonder why common Pakistanis are still protesting for their fundamental rights.

What does Pakistan got to do with this thread? why so obsessed?

 

[Saiful Islam]

Are there any traditional Bengali surnames that Muslims use?

Btw, these are all tradition Bangladeshi-Islamic names.

What does Pakistan got to do with this thread? why so obsessed?

He loves Pakistan really, that's his hidden agenda. His obsession really worries me. Really he should love his own country, but I question that though.

 

[IamBengali]

What does Pakistan got to do with this thread? why so obsessed?

Pakistani Govt. killed those protesters in 1952. Everything about 1952 has Pakistan written all over it.

 

[SHAMK9]

Pakistani Govt. Killed those protesters in 1952. Everything about 1952 has Pakistan written all over it.

Thats just what us evil Pakistanis do, get over it cupcake

 

[Rajput_Pakistani]

The far-sightedness of Quaid-e-Azam MA Jinnah is beyond doubt establish. After more then 70 years of his death we can safely say what he said then was right.
I read each and every word of this thread and i just see how Indians conveniently targeting Pakistan on linguistic basis.
All discussion could be summed-up just if we can answer three basis points. Which are:

1. What is difference between Urdu & Hindi?
2. What is the writing script of all Islamic languages (mean spoken by majority muslims)?
3. Why Bollywood movies are watched and liked all across sub-continent, Iran and Afghanistan?

Ask any Indian, what is one language through which a Tamil could communicate with Gujrati or Punjabi Indian? He will say Hindi. The language which Indians normally speak. Which is the language of Bollywood. In which Natgeo India or Discovery India is telecast. OK agreed.
What is Hindi then?
Yes you got it right. Its Urdu.. branded by Indians as Hindi and incorporate some words from Marathi and Sanskirit. Base language is same. Infact Indian movie songs are 99% urdu. Indians have cleverly hijacked a language which was and is the only way through which 1.2 billion Indian population can communicate. They keep the script Sansikrit and adopted the spkoen language with Hindi tarka.

Urdu was not an ethnic pre-historic language. Instead it was born when during Mughal era lots of soldiers from different ethnicity were under one mughal army.

Mughal Army has regiments based on ethnicity, Jatts, Rajput, Maratha, Persians, Turks you name it. When these different people combined a language was born Urdu means Lashkar. i.e. Language of an Army.
Due to its inherent quality it adopts other language words very quickly.
I am Punjabi. My home language is Punjabi. In office we spoke English while for routine talk Urdu. Believe me words from Punjabi and even English have now become part of modern Urdu.
Let another 30 years or so passed. More words from regional languages like PAshtu, Sindhi will be incorporated into it. Thats the sign of living language.
Ask anyone for literature, poetry Urdu is the most beautiful and flexible language.
All muslims read Quran which is in Arabic transcript. All languages Pashto, Farsi, Sindhi, Punjabi you name it (even Turk) use this transcript. Thats why i can read Farsi even though i may not understand it but i can read and write it. Same case with other languages in this class.

Only reason why Bollywood movies are understand by Srilankan or Nepali even is just because its in a language which can be understand by All sub-continent.
That was the only reason why Quaid-e-Azam declare Urdu as national language. By declaring Urdu as national language would Bangla have extinct? Have Punjabi or Pashto died after 75 years of Independence?
No its not like this.
Languages are survived by the people who spoke them and write in them. Its their responsibility to protect their mother tongue. If no one write literature or book in Language X, it will ultimately die. Whether you celebrate 100 language days you cant change the inevitable. The way things are going Urdu will remain the ultimate language for communication among South Asians, whether one likes or not.

 

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Btw, these are all tradition Bangladeshi-Islamic names.

My mistake, I mean like some Pakistanis have the last name of Chaudhry or Raja, do Bangladeshis have indigenous surnames?

 

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Ask any Indian, what is one language through which a Tamil could communicate with Gujrati or Punjabi Indian? He will say Hindi. The language which Indians normally speak. Which is the language of Bollywood. In which Natgeo India or Discovery India is telecast. OK agreed.
What is Hindi then?
Yes you got it right. Its Urdu.. branded by Indians as Hindi and incorporate some words from Marathi and Sanskirit. Base language is same. Infact Indian movie songs are 99% urdu. Indians have cleverly hijacked a language which was and is the only way through which 1.2 billion Indian population can communicate. They keep the script Sansikrit and adopted the spkoen language with Hindi tarka.

Urdu was not an ethnic pre-historic language. Instead it was born when during Mughal era lots of soldiers from different ethnicity were under one mughal army.

Your familiarity with the history of Hindi-Urdu is simply too poor.