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I was nervous about speaking my parents’ language Bengali, says Jhumpa Lahiri

For Jhumpa Lahiri, whose life and writing have been shaped by migration between continents and languages, the immigrant ...
Indiatimes

Bengali electors demand preservation of language and security from next govt

As Bihar prepares for elections, the Bengali community in Patna voices a singular demand: the preservation of their language. They highlight the decline of Bengali-medium schools and the dilution of ...
The Daily Star

The missionaries and the evolution of the Bengali language

In his foreword to Bernard Cohn's magisterial book Colonialism and its forms of knowledge, Nicholas Dirks commented that for the British, in India, "Language was to be mastered to issue commands and ...
Prokerala

'Speaking in Bengali cannot be a crime': Mamata Banerjee condemns killing of migrant worker in Odisha

Kolkata, Dec 27 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday, condemned the killing of a migrant worker from the state in Odisha and asserted that speaking in Bengali cannot be a crime.
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‘Bengal’s reply’: Across Kolkata, Durga Puja pandals respond to targeting of Bengali speakers

As the Durga Puja festival begins on Monday, the Chaltabagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja in Kolkata’s Machuabazar pays tribute to the mother tongue Bengali: “Ami Banglai Bolchi” – I am speaking in Bengali.