Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 360 Thu. June 02, 2005       Letters to Editor Odd language Cantara Wali Ruhi BBA, Dept of Mgmt, DU At public meetings or in parliament, I often hear our eminent leaders of the ruling party using the word "tenara" and "tenader" to indicate the members of the opposition. "Tenara" is not commonly used in decent language. Moreover, it sounds funny because it reminds me of the ghosts and evils of "Thakur mar juli" and "Gupi Gaen Bagha Baen". There is a common wise saying in most of the ghost stories, " ...Rater bela tenader nam neya baron". Means it is not permissible to utter their (ghosts) names at night. Instead of "tenara", one can use "onara" and instead of "tenader" the word "onader" can be used if anyone has problem with uttering Bengali "Chandro-bindu". "Onara" sounds much better than "tenara".