“Discarding Bangla”

“Discarding Bangla”
AK Dasgupta, Kolkata
Sadia Siddique's letter 'Discarding Bangla' (November3) reminds us of a growing contradiction between English and one's mother language, not only in Bangladesh but in other countries as well in this subcontinent. Has English suddenly got entry into these countries formerly under the British rule? Surely not. English was there but there was no shame if one mastered his mother language side by side with English.