Here is the draft history of IMLD. It can be the starting point for the blog:
February 21 was declared as International Mother Language Day by UNESCO. But do you know about the History of International Mother Language Day? Why February 21 was chosen?* International Mother Language Day originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) since 1952, when a number of Dhaka university students were killed by the Pakistani police and army in Dhaka during the Bengali Language Movement. This is the only event where people give their lives to keep the independence of using their mother language. * To remember them there is a monument named Language Martyr's Monument (Shahid Minar) in Dhaka University, Bangladesh. Every year more than a million people give flowers there. This is a big event in Bangladesh. Many foreigners visit Bangladesh just to experience the way of Bangladeshi people give respect to those brave hearts. In every town of Bangladesh has Language Martyr's Monument, where local people gives flowers. Language Martyr's Monument is also built in Ikebukoro park of Tokyo- Japan. There are more than one Language Martyr's Monument in USA, UK, Italy and many other countries. Please think about your Mother Language not only in February 21 but also in other days. With Best Regards, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote: > I can translate the blog into Tamil. Send me the draft so that I can start > the translation > > With Warm Regards > > V.Kadal Amutham > 919444360480 > 914422396480 > > > On 15 February 2013 04:22, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am preparing the blog post. Please tell me where to upload the draft. > > > > > > > If you can email it to me directly, I can upload it into a draft area. > > If we want translations in time then we'll need this ASAP. > > > > -Rob > > > > > > > Other things: > > > 1. Press Release on IMLD > > > 2. Video on IMLD (I am making the video by interview) > > > 3. Blog post translation in different language by volunteers. > > > > > > With Best Regards, > > > Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> I think we agreed to do something for International Mother Language > > >> Day. It is coming up just a week from now, February 21st. So time is > > >> nearly out. > > >> > > >> We have a logo from Robin that we can use on the homepage. I can take > > >> the task to get that onto the website the day before, we we cover the > > >> 21st in all time zones. > > >> > > >> Was Khan going to draft a blog post? If so it would be good to have > > >> that very soon, so we can review. > > >> > > >> Anything else? > > >> > > >> -Rob > > >> > > >
