The message of the grammar book was clear. Hello! We are a feudal, casteist, colonial, communal, patriarchal society. However much English you speak, how can you run away from us? We will get you!

The two-volume edition, published by the Bangla Academy of Dhaka and the Bangladeshi government, has been jointly edited by Rafiqul Islam, the Bangladeshi linguist, and Pabitra Sarkar, the Bengali ...

Although Rammohun Roy was notably many things, he was not an unlikely person to write a grammar—or, in fact, two grammars: one in English and one in Bangla, the latter being a free translation of the ...

Educationist and writer Salimullah Khan has said that if one wants to understand Bengali thought, they have to understand the evolution of the language. He made the statement at a session titled ...

Panchanan Karmakar’s creation led to the printing of the first Bengali language book, and his legacy will soon be showcased to Kolkata Hidden in the lanes of Serampore is the ancestral home and the ...