On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> Great. Here is Khan's draft along with some information on AOO > language support: > > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=international_mother_language_day_2014 > > If there are any corrections please get them ASAP. I'd like to go > live with in 4 hours or so. > > -Rob > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > <kman...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here is my blog draft:On International Mother Language Day the UN's > > Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN > agencies > > participate in events that promote linguistic and cultural diversity. > They > > also encourage people to maintain their knowledge of their mother > language > > while learning and using more than one language. Governments and > > non-governmental > > organizations may use the day to announce policies to encourage language > > learning and support. You can visit > > http://www.internationalmotherlanguageday.com/ to know about worldwide > > #IMLD events. > > The Apache OpenOffice project is proud to help commemorate International > > Mother Language Day on February 21. Read more about why this day is > > important, how OpenOffice supports linguistic diversity, and how you can > > help.Why February 21 was chosen? > > > > February 21st was declared as International Mother Language > > Day<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day > >(IMLD) > > by UNESCO. IMLD originated as the international recognition of > > Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh > (formerly > > East Pakistan) since 1952, when a number of Dhaka university students > were > > killed by the Pakistani police and army in Dhaka during the Bengali > > Language Movement < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement>. > > This is the only event where people gave their lives to preserve the > > independence of using their mother language. > > To remember them there is a monument named Language Martyr's Monument > (Shahid > > Minar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Dhaka>) in Dhaka > > University, Bangladesh. Every year more than a million people give > flowers > > there. This is a big event in Bangladesh. Many foreigners visit > Bangladesh > > just to experience the way the Bangladeshi people give respect to those > > brave hearts. Every town of Bangladesh has a Language Martyr's Monument, > > where local people give flowers. A Language Martyr's Monument is also > > built in Ikebukoro park of Tokyo, Japan. There are also Language Martyr's > > Monument in USA, UK, Italy and many other countries. Please think about > > your Mother Language not only on February 21 but also on other days. > > > > > > With Best Regards, > > Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > >> On 17/02/2014 Khan Md. Anwarus Salam wrote: > >> > >>> Like last year, I can write a blog post about IMLD and the history > behind > >>> it. > >>> > >> > >> We are now very close to the deadline, so if you can write something we > >> can look into publishing it, even though I'm not sure whether there > will be > >> enough time to complete it with some information about the OpenOffice > >> language support. If someone can help with that, we could have a nice > post. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Andrea. > >> > "This site's security certificate has expired!" Don
