I had problem reading the conjunctives ( যুক্তাক্ষর ) and I still face the problem. I used to read Bengali books of Ananda Marga Schools, where my uncle was a teacher. Over the period of time, I learnt the alphabet and could read the book on my own. I had no idea about the alphabet and couldn’t read anything. The book had lot of rhymes and I memorised each one of them. At the age of 3 or so, my mother decided that she would read from the book, ‘ Hansi Khushi ( হাঁসি খুশি )’ by Jogindranath Sarkar ( যোগীন্দ্রনাথ সরকার ). I was a mischievous child, to put it mildly. In fact, I have coined a term for me and my brother, “ Hindi Speaking Maharashtrians born to Bengali Parents”.īut today, I am going to talk about how I learnt to read Bengali. If you know me, you know that my parents are Bengali but you have seldom heard me talking in Bengali at length.
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