Keeping in mind our Mother Tongue

           In the Bible, the descendants of Noah for reaching heaven began to build the Babel of Tower in the plain of Shinar in Babylonia. Alarmed God prevented the venture by confusing the speech of the people and scattered them throughout the world.

In the Qu’ran it is said, “Each apostle we have sent has spoken only in the language of his own people, so that he might make plain to them his message.”A language is not merely for speaking and listening to, it must, if it is to fulfill functions fully, be written and read. The Chinese are very proud and fond of their logograph. Six months back when I visited China, I requested for a poem praising the Chinese language. At the time of the farewell, I was given three poems. My Chinese teacher in Dhaka gave me another poem. All were in praise of Chinese logograph. It is no wonder that many an elder and conservative Chinese still pine for pre-reform Chinese logograph.

         “If you have script then your language will be alive. You will be alive as long your religion is in existence. You will be lost when you lose your script, language and religion.

Responding to Climate Change

 As a factor in the natural environment, climate not only affects world patterns of vegetation, soils, and water resources, but also directly or indirectly influences every human endeavor. Climate determines an area's suitability for settlement and for agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, and other economic activities. Knowledge of past climate fluctuation has helped to explain ice ages,changes in sea level,famines and migration .Increasing evidence indicates that human impact on the environment is causing local and perhaps world wide changes in climate.                                                                               The elements of climate chance through time as well as from place to place. Indirect evidence of climatic trends in the distant post is revealed in fossils, lake and ocean beds, peat bogs, glacial deposits, and soils. Archaeological remains and written history offer clues to climatic conditions during the human era, and modern instrument records now provide direct evidence of climate change. :)