Good piece of information. Can you elaborate on Bengali language movement? With Warm Regards
V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 914422396480 On 15 February 2013 15:30, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >> > > > > > >
