Rammohun Roy’s Grammar(s) of Bangla
23 June 2024
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 former.
23 June 2024
Vangiya Sahitya Parishat, the first Bengal Academy of Literature
11 February 2024
‘Academy’, as many of us know, is a word that comes from the French word ‘academie’, evolving from Latin ‘academia’—the ultimate ancestor of both being Greek ‘akademeia’.
11 February 2024
Haraprasad Shastri: An Unusual Pundit
3 December 2023
Haraprasad Shastri (1853-1931, Bhattacharya was the original family name) was a Sanskrit scholar, commonly referred to as a ‘pundit.
3 December 2023
Language Controversies in 19th Century Bengal
26 February 2023
The very fact that a language identifies and defines a specific human group often leads to controversies and conflicts.
26 February 2023
75 years of Partition: A young boy's loss
9 December 2022
I belong to a generation that was overtaken by the pestilence called Partition.
9 December 2022
137TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY / Dr Muhammad Shahidullah: A tribute
17 July 2022
Dr Shahidullah is one of the greatest linguists that the South Asian region has produced. This is a universally acknowledged fact and one can easily use it as the beginning statement of an article on him.
17 July 2022
Tagore’s idea of nationalism
8 May 2022
If you look for a definition of the word ‘nationalism’ on Google, or in an encyclopedia, you will find quite a few. However, this word, like many such words, is ‘notorious’ in its own way, as no single definition seems to define it thoroughly.
8 May 2022
Language Worries Bangla in West Bengal
20 February 2022
From the later decades of the last century, a new worry has descended on mankind — that about the endurance, decay and death of the language.
20 February 2022
A Squirrel’s Tale
All of you know about the squirrel from the Ramayana, who rolled himself on the sand at the Indian seashore and then dipped into the Indian Ocean, to shed the sand off its body on the presumption that he was helping to build the bridge across the sea that would enable Rama’s forces to reach Lanka.
13 December 2021