HATFIELD – Nita Das stood before a group of North Penn ESL teachers and gave some examples of common basic phrases in Bengali. She pointed to ‘chesta koro,’ which means ‘please try’ in English – an ...

Bengali can be studied as a second language, however, most students choose Hindi or another language instead. Students are not adequately learning Bengali as a result. Bengali is Now Compulsory ...

Apparently, Bengali (or Bangla) is the seventh spoken language in the world by population. By some statistics, its position is sixth, and even fifth in another! I am not elated by this because the ...