Radio Shadhin goes 'Beyond Sound'

History is testament to how important language is to the human phenomenon. Our nation's movement for our language on February 21, 1952 has become the torchbearer for the love of language everywhere, culminating in the date becoming the official day for celebrating one's mother tongue across the world. Yet, our concept of language is still stuck in the oral, verbal communication of everyday, whereas the art of language has more dimensions than that. For this year's International Mother Language Day, Radio Shadhin 92.4 FM celebrated one of these other dimensions: the art of sign language.

Shot in the premises of the Dhaka Bodhir High School in the capital's Bijoynogor area, this emotional video, released on the internet, shows the visit of the Shadhin family to the school, where they learn the words of Altaf Mahmud's immortal song “Amar Bhai er Rokte Rangano Ekushe February”, entirely in sign language, from the students.

Beyond Sound was Radio Shadhin's theme for February 21 this year, and an ongoing philosophy that Shadhin is not only a radio, or a medium, but an idea by itself. The video, posted on Radio Shadhin 92.4 FM's official Facebook and YouTube pages, have garnered over 650,000 views in less than four days.