Nirabatar Bhasha O Onyanno by Ramendu Majumdar [Hardcover]

Language is the most important medium for expressing human thoughts. But when it becomes filled with silence, how can communication between people still take place? Of course, even without the use of voice, there are various forms of social communication. So, when an insightful person like Ramendu Majumdar titles a book *The Language of Silence*, it reflects a new perspective or perhaps hints at certain prevailing inconsistencies in society. Anti-people decisions by the state and society, the death of democratic values, and, above all, a legally imposed culture enforced by power structures often strip people of their freedom of speech. From the Language Movement to the Liberation War and in the different phases of post-independence Bangladesh, we have had to face such suffocating conditions. Sometimes political criminalization, military rule, or cultural aggression has been at work behind these. The progressive thinkers of Bangladesh have faced these situations with courage. Some have shown us the way. In the essays of this book, Ramendu Majumdar pays tribute to that awakened human consciousness. He also warns against all forms of negativity. He introduces several individuals whose lives and work may serve as guiding examples. This is where the significance of this book lies.