tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post1654844599894559740..comments2023-09-19T05:00:33.470-07:00Comments on vision: To the Martyrs of the Bengali Language*Sumana Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-81780032345352646032015-02-28T17:40:19.897-08:002015-02-28T17:40:19.897-08:00Very powerful poem. I'm sure that there would&...Very powerful poem. I'm sure that there would've been the same feeling in India when Hindi was declared the national language with so many different languages spoken all over. Our languages and traditions carry on regardless of National rules. I know in my home it does. Superbly written Sumana. Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337531041006701719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-67000156358457244882015-02-28T17:25:12.155-08:002015-02-28T17:25:12.155-08:00Sumana,
A magnificent poetic tribute to the Benga...Sumana,<br /><br />A magnificent poetic tribute to the Bengali language and those who were martyrs. In some areas of the Gaelic speaking world, Ireland and Scotland, people strive to keep these fading languages alive.<br /><br />Eileen Eileen T O'Neill .....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325632298717325699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-91341620392577201532015-02-27T11:36:39.622-08:002015-02-27T11:36:39.622-08:00Powerful and meaningful poem...thank you for the n...Powerful and meaningful poem...thank you for the notes as well. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-41136117058815498112015-02-26T17:49:53.492-08:002015-02-26T17:49:53.492-08:00how brave for those students to protect the langua...how brave for those students to protect the language ~ I appreciate the backgrounder notes Sumana ~ Love that heart that fills the world ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-52667184531769258832015-02-26T15:16:35.695-08:002015-02-26T15:16:35.695-08:00Interesting information. The way to cultural annih...Interesting information. The way to cultural annihilation is to ban language and ritual. Glad you have remembered the martyrs.rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-50944379573927768562015-02-26T07:42:59.311-08:002015-02-26T07:42:59.311-08:00A heartfelt poem. A heartfelt poem. Gen Giggles https://www.blogger.com/profile/13744815023509063722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-90577085175696139282015-02-26T06:07:48.094-08:002015-02-26T06:07:48.094-08:00you have stated well how words and language can be...you have stated well how words and language can be a song of joy and then be used like slings of piercing weapons. then how one's language of their mother country can be used to subjugate.<br /><br />gracias for this important pieceMarcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-55443227841175648022015-02-25T18:22:37.771-08:002015-02-25T18:22:37.771-08:00It is so heartrending when appeals for simple free...It is so heartrending when appeals for simple freedoms are dealt with, with violence and even death. It is profoundly sad, to see such barbarism (indeed, all over the world) at this stage of human "civilization". Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-62000805143844789752015-02-25T14:55:23.268-08:002015-02-25T14:55:23.268-08:00Language is our mother and there is something unsp...Language is our mother and there is something unspeakably cruel to<br />force people to abandon their birthright. This happened in Australia too but is little known as the original inhabitants weren't even counted until 1967! We are such foolish people. Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-11648781028176928562015-02-25T12:30:37.052-08:002015-02-25T12:30:37.052-08:00What a significant piece of history. Thank you fo...What a significant piece of history. Thank you for writing about this Sumana. Sad that some had to die to protect what is rightfully their heritage. Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-48479498285926677552015-02-25T09:40:17.407-08:002015-02-25T09:40:17.407-08:00i find it sad for those who don't have mother&...i find it sad for those who don't have mother's like in your poem... she is usually the one most dependent on and sometimes least lovedWolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-6553622301227482762015-02-25T08:52:25.696-08:002015-02-25T08:52:25.696-08:00"Mother comes out...from the deep wound of th..."Mother comes out...from the deep wound of the heart and fills the world." What amazing lines those are! Thanks for the history. I did not know that had happened. A fantastic poem, Sumana.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-59245478065138383462015-02-25T08:30:21.668-08:002015-02-25T08:30:21.668-08:00Mothers are our stone. Our rock. A place for comfo...Mothers are our stone. Our rock. A place for comfort and healing. This is beautiful, Sumana :)Toriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570179609915990220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-79863846477906141932015-02-25T07:19:23.349-08:002015-02-25T07:19:23.349-08:00what a moment in history...as wiping out a languag...what a moment in history...as wiping out a language would be like wiping out a bit of their history as well....which lives in them...and the blood that was spilled...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-33773838471307055852015-02-25T07:05:08.133-08:002015-02-25T07:05:08.133-08:00I should have put the Bangladesh history in the pr...I should have put the Bangladesh history in the prompt, so I thank you for including it here. I don't take it lightly.This mother, so poignantly described in your poem, is vital to culture. The new USA, with its high sounding declaration of independence, almost succeeded in killing her off in indiginous peoples. What a crime. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-11524991359547310382015-02-25T06:17:46.370-08:002015-02-25T06:17:46.370-08:00I sense through this piece that we can be loved an...I sense through this piece that we can be loved and belong not only in family but in our wider cultural familyJae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.com