Mother Tongue and Climate Change: A Reflection from Gilgit Baltistan

Mother Tongue and Climate Change: A Reflection from Gilgit Baltistan

By Israruddin Israr Every year on February 21st, the world celebrates International Mother Language Day, commemorating the struggle of Bangladeshi students who sacrificed their lives for the right to speak their mother tongue. On February 21, 1952, Bangladeshi students protested against the Pakistani government’s decision to impose Urdu as the only state language, despite Bengali …