Janani O Gorbito Bornomala
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| Janani O Gorbito Bornomala | |
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| জননী ও গর্বিত বর্ণমালা (Bengali) | |
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| Artist | Mrinal Haque |
| Year | 20 February 2016 |
| Subject | Bangla language movement |
| Dimensions | 490 cm (16 ft) |
| Location | Dhaka |
| 23°44′34″N 90°23′45″E / 23.742723°N 90.395901°E | |
| Owner | Dhaka South City Corporation |
Janani O Gorbito Bornomala (Bengali: জননী ও গর্বিত বর্ণমালা, lit. 'Mother and proud albhabets') is a sculpture of a mother protesting while carrying her son's corpse.[1] One of notable work of Mrinal Haque for Dhaka City.[2] It is situated in front of the BTCL headquarter at the junction of Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue near Bangla Motor,[3] in Dhaka city's Paribagh.[1] It was erected on the theme of Bangla language movement.[4] The sculpture was inaugurated on February 20, 2016.[5] This is one of sculptures erected by Haque's private funding.[1]
"I felt that besides Shaheed Minar, there is no other significant monument that symbolizes our language movement. There should be. Thus, I sculpted the monument 'Shaheed Janani O Gorbito Bornomala'."
Mrinal Haque wanted to erect another significant sculpture on the theme of language movement. He felt that there should be another monument besides Shaheed Minar on such theme.[4] The symbol of the sculpture is the sacrifice of the mother and child and the struggle for the independence of Bangladesh.[6]
A mother in despair holding the body of her in her arms is depicted as a symbolic protest. The sculpture Mother and Child is surrounded by two red and green circles. Red-green circles symbolize the flag of Bangladesh; As well as the red color is a symbol of sacrifice and blood and the green color is a symbol of peace and life. In front of the sculpture there are a few Bengali alphabets in a green circle. Behind the red circle are '21' in Bengali. The sculpture is 16 feet high and has Bengali alphabet and numbers.[7]
