Ekushey February
by HerStory Foundation
Ages 5–94 min readLearn About the WorldFree to read
21st February is International Mother Language Day, a day to celebrate native languages. In 1952 the people of East Pakistan fought for their right to speak Bengali, their mother tongue. This story explores a small girls discovery of the importance of her mother language.
A strikingly illustrated mother-and-daughter morning in Dhaka that gently opens a child's eyes to the beauty of every language and the people who fought to speak their own.
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