Is the irony of the situation really lost on Bangladesh?
on Postcards from the Edge of Bangladesh (Bangladesh), 21/Feb/2010 06:05, 34 days ago
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Today is International Mother Language Day. A day that is celebrated around the world, as recognition of martyrs of the Bangla Language Movement of Bangladesh in 1952. This language movement was the forerunner of the nationalist movement that culminated in the Liberation War in 1971 and won the nation’s independence from Pakistan.
Bangladesh gained its independence [...]
