Protect dignity of Bangla

Bangla is the only language for which valuable lives were sacrificed. For this, UNESCO honoured 21st February as Int'l Mother Language Day. But do we honour our beloved mother tongue enough? Most of the parents nowadays want their children to be well conversant in English rather than Bangla. They prefer English medium schools. English gets more priority than Bangla in many kindergartens and schools. Mixing English words with Bangla is a common fashion among youngsters. It's up to us to protect the dignity of our own language.

Bipul K Debnath  
Dhaka College
Dhaka