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1. It is neither religion nor language, rather it is the attitude of the ruler that as a greater culprit divides people. The founders of Pakistan used Islam to unite the Muslims. The rulers of Pakistan, on the other hand, used language to divide the nation.
2. The southern states of India were not happy when Hindi was made India's official language. Official language and state language are not synonymous. The USA has no state language, although English (in some areas Spanish too) is its official language. A country reaches its decision on its official language after many practical considerations.
3. Bengali is theoretically the official language of Bangladesh, but practically it is not. It would be more appropriate to say that English and Bengali are the two official languages of Bangladesh. That Bengali is the state language of Bengali has only historical importance.
4. Declaring a particular religion as the state religion in a multireligious country is deplorable. By the same token a particular language also should not be made the state language in a multi-lingual country. It should be noted that the UNO observes the 21st February as the International Mother Language Day, not either as a state language day or a national language day. That was the spirit of the Language Movement (Ora aamar mayer bhasha kaira nite chay.)
5. It is duty and responsibility of all governments to let all aspiring mother languages flourish. Many people from Chittagong aspire to see their 'mother' language as an established language. Why should we ignore the aspiration of the Chittagong Hill tracts people? All the aspiring indigenous languages can be supported even by keeping one official language. Only broadness of mind and national consensus are needed.
--SC
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