Bangla New Year
Photo: Jashim Salam / Driknews
With a “Shuvo Noboborsho 1416” to all I begin! A new year has dawned on our horizon with hopes and aspirations. It is the long held tale of the togetherness of Bengalis at large; from the peasants to the urban dwellers, and more from the rich and the poor in the muddy, fertile and friendly soil where our forefathers had their proud footprints, where many civilizations once had come visiting. It is a land that speaks, very proudly indeed, of many valiant tales: those of the language movement in 1952, of our glorious liberation war in 1971, and many more! Many poets, singers, social scientists and the scientists of international repute have been lucky to be a part of this land. On this New Year, we go taking new resolutions for us and for them, others around, namely the poor. We go further into our speculative journey into the near and distant pasts that signify our glory, dignity and the self-esteem as a nation. We celebrate our proud existence in all colours and the moods of festivity. We welcome the new year of hopes and prosperity forgetting the pains of the previous year. Business-people start their “halkhata” on this very day, with sweets and flowers they spread their love and concern with great expectations for the business to bloom! People, irrespective of age and cast, creed and credential, go singing “ Esho, hey Baishakh” they embrace the new dawn with a mind that is free from all the prejudices. We seek in our earnest peace, happiness and prosperity for all across the globe. Shuvo Noboborsho 1416!
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