Bangladesh is the only country in the world where people have to shed blood and die for the right to speak their own language. We are the only brave nation that faced a trained, well-equipped army and defeated them. In 1947, the British government granted independence to Pakistan on 14 August. But the Pakistani ruling group continued to exploit the people of Bengal culturally, politically and economically. Only 8% of Urdu-speaking people declared Urdu as the state language of Pakistan while more than 56% were Bengali-speaking. The people of Bengal strongly protested this.Language is a vital part of human connection. Although all species have their ways of communicating, humans are the only ones that have mastered cognitive language communication.
I understand from this chapter(language movement)as humans are inherently social beings, this need for communication will never die out. Language helps us to communicate with people who can speak the same language, through conventionalised vocal sounds and structures that allow us to understand each other,and the language Movement helps us a lot to speak our own language so that we can express our romanticism and I think the knowledge of language assist me to determine my life goal.
-Mujahid ullah Khan
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