Why I’ll always speak my mother language of Bangla, while embracing a new life in Canada

A man with black hair and a blue striped shirt sits at a table and watches a woman with blond hair read a book to two small children.

“Every time I hear my mother tongue, Bangla, it feels like home, even when home is far away,” writes Steinbach’s Itrat Anwar. “That’s why everyone should celebrate their own mother language, no matter where in the world they live.”