Ekushey
Language is regarded as the mainstay of a nation's culture. As an evil attempt to tarnish our culture, the erstwhile Pakistanis tried to impose forcibly an alien language on us by effacing our glorious mother-tongue forever. But on that day our invincible people realized it and came forward to protect our language. The unprecedented incident of Ekushey February is not merely an event but indicates a spirit that we got 57 years ago through the sublime sacrifice of those valiant sons of our soil.
Their supreme sacrifice remind us to be united to work together to build a new nation. Ekushey does not mean songs and wreaths of flowers only, but it also symbolises the determination to rise above selfishness and submissiveness.
Ekushey is our pride, our pledge to uphold our language above everything else.
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