performative-expert

Following this High Court ruling, the usage of Bengali was never made mandatory in lower courts. The issue of implementing Bengali in all spheres surfaces only during February [International Mother Language Month], with mere promises being made but no concrete measures taken.

When the English eliminates all the difficulties, where does the power of Bengali stand? Where is the chant of awakening to exorcise the ghosts from the colonial ritual fields? Bengali in law and courts— is it merely a futile atonement for the common people’s daily sins?