Rubaiya Tripty of DOT
[2] The sacrifices of language martyrs and fighters have been demeaned by not making Bangla as language of livelihood. At the same time, ordinary people are being deprived consequently, said Ahmad Rafiq while talking to Financial express during an interview. [3] Ahmed Rafique explained, ‘Bengali has not been made the language of higher education, nor has it been made the language of the high court. The Language Movement catalysed the assertion of Bengali national identity and following the path Bangladesh was formed after battling a bloody war. Nonetheless, we left the Bangla language and adopted the colonial official language.’ [4] The veteran language activist, researcher and writer also thinks that the celebration of Ekushey February has come to a standstill. ‘We go to the Probhat Ferry in morning, lay flower wreath at Shaheed Minar, go to the book fair, we are proud of the day being the International Mother Language Day. But we don’t really comprehend Bangla. Bangla is not the language of work, the language of livelihood to us.’