Bangla Calendar
I cannot praise enough the splendid article, “Our fiscal year should be based on Bangla Calendar” by Syed Muazzem Ali. I invite all to read it and contemplate. For the not-to-be-easily-convinced, a second or third reading is recommended.
There is no need for additional logic or reason. Only action is needed. He has even suggested the mode- the new budget. The time- Now. There may again never be another CTG like this. And no other time more opportune than now. This would be the best and the longest lasting action by this CTG. The dyed-in-the-wool politicians may come back, corruption make a vengeful resurgence (But how I wish that they would not!) and we shall have no reason to remember or be grateful to this CTG.
Following our own calendar will be another great event like the International Mother Language Day.
Bangla shon or saal was created only for us. It is all our own. We owe it to ourselves to preserve it, cherish it, live it and make it part of our life. In due course of time, Language Movement, Victory Day, Mujibnagar Day, Independence Day etc would also be attuned to and observed accordingly to our calendar. With modifications suggested by Dr Mohammad Shahidullah ours is now a 'permanent` calendar', comparable to, if not better than, the Gregorian Calendar.
I implore the CTG to act and make a permanent place for itself in the culture and history of Bangladesh. And no half measures like Ershad's ticketing with Bangla signboards. But then he had other, more pressing items on his agenda!
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