Drawing Shahid minar on face a baby

It is from such an understanding of our history that we have based our Ekushey supplement this year around a simple yet poignant theme. We call it From language to liberty. And we do so because it is our conviction, borne out by the ramifications of the struggle for Bangla to be recognised as the language of the state and also by subsequent events of seminal political significance in East Bengal/East Pakistan, that our eventual liberation as the nation of Bangladesh had its roots in our battle for Bangla. Rare has been the instance of a people willing to die in defence of its language and, dying, pave the road to the creation of a highway of all-encompassing freedom.