Tribute: February 2007 Archives

"They stood up together to protect the honor of the sound that issued from the lips of a new-born babe churning the very core of his existence, the utterance that sanctified for him his first lesson of humanity" (~ Hasan Hafizur Rahaman ~)

There are certain days which remain ever memorable and sacred to certain communities. This applies to the 21st February. On this very day the people of East Bengal attained martyrdom by fomenting a revolution to save Bengali language as the official language of their country.

During World War II, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose took the opportunity to unite all the Indians of Southeast Asia and declare war against Britain in order to free India from the clutches of British imperialism by military power. However, Nehru and the Indian communists began a propaganda campaign against Netaji, slandering his character by describing him as "Tojo's dog", and as a result he could not achieve the requisite support from the Indian masses and was forced to retreat from Mairang and Manipur. Finally, due to the surrender of Japan, he went underground using the cover of a plane crash on 18th August, 1945. However, the mystery of his disappearance has to this day remained a mystery, due to the secrecy of Nehru and his successors.