Bangla has thousands of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, English and Urdu words, which has made this a rich language.
Evolving over the past centuries, we have not only learnt to accept our own names but that of the names of roads, places, political parties and others as they are today. Political parties represent the heart throb of the masses so does their names.
Changing the names of political parties to Bangla (for that matter to English or Arabic) is not only counter productive but will play in to the hands of those who want to delay the implementation of democracy in Bangladesh on the basis of petty issues.
Aziz Ul Huq
September 23, 2007
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To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: mmrazzaque@me.buet.ac.bd
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:20:20 +0600
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Get rid of Pakistani Ghost!
As part of the ongoing reform process, the Election Commission proposed some
guidelines. These are currently under scrutiny of the major political
parties and the policy makers. Recently, a group is bringing the issues of
war criminals and secularism. To me to raise the issues of war criminals to
the EC is nothing but a political game. This issue should have been settled
long ago. However, still there is option to take it to the court for justice
and we should get rid of this issue as soon as possible.
In this regard, the EC should consider the question of naming of the
political parties. Bangla has a rich vocabulary and a political party should
not have a problem to find a couple of suitable words for its name. I
propose to the EC to make it mandatory for a political party to have Bangla
name for registration.
The next thing is the dress code. Some political leaders use Panjabi (Hey!
Why should a Bangalee needs Panjabi to do politics?). The EC should ban
Panjabi and Peshwari coat (popularly known as Mujib coat) in Political
activities. These are 100% anti-secular, anti Bengalee nationalism
elements.
Bangalees are possibly the only nation in the world who fought for its
language for a long time. The glorious language movement that earned the
recognition of Bangla language has a very special place in the history of
Bangladesh. After more than long 50 years when the colonial rulers are gone,
I find it illogical to use Urdu word in the name of a political party in a
country where almost nobody speaks Urdu now-a-days.
I am drawing your attention to the following words:
Awami (Urdu) and League (English) of Awami League
Workers (English) and Party (English) of Workers Party
Jamaat-E-Islami (Urdu)
National (English), Awami (Urdu) and Party (English) of NAP
Forum (English) of Gonoforum, etc.
Undoubtedly assimilation of foreign words is essential to enrich a language
but the words just mentioned above have good replacement in Bangla.
Interestingly, the exact meaning of some words such as Awami is not known
many of the Bengalees. If Awami League truly believes in Bengali
nationalism, they should find a new Bangla name. It hurts me to see our
Awami league leaders use the dress of the Pakistan Muslim League very
religiously. It is shameful! We should get rid of Pakistani ghost in every
possible way.
Regards,
Dr. M. Mahbubur Razzaque
Associate professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone: (880 2) 966 5650 (PABX) ext- 7989
FAX: 880 2 861 3026, 880 2 861 3046
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