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Linguistic Slavery of India and Black Money
Posted on June 25, 2012 by gshah
In this article, we shall discuss about how the absurd obsession that Indians have for English language, is responsible for the sheer poverty and lack of development in India and also lack of creativity among majority of Indians and how the eradication of India’s Black economy will help in solving this problem.
The Politics Series
1. How is Black money responsible for Terrorism and crime
2. America is rich because of our money!
3. How English is a curse for India
Let’s begin by a conversation between you and me.
You: So what do you mean by linguistic slavery ? I am an Indian and I am free to use any language I desire. I am not a slave.
Me: Are you sure ?? In which language are you forced to do your BTech or MBA ?
You: Of course, English. But mind it. I am not forced to do that. I voluntarily have decided English as medium of instruction for my education because English is the international language and, come on, I need to develop, India needs to develop. We are a developing country and English is a pre-requisite for development.
Me: You are bluntly wrong. Let me first blast off the myth that English is necessary for development. On the contrary, let me state an empirical truth: “English is a big obstacle in the path of India’s development”.
You: Aan haan ?!! You have taken it too far. Still I am eager to know what you have to say.
Me: Sure, let’s have a glance at the languages used by the developed and developing countries around the world for higher education. Below I give details about some developing countries.
Country
Language of higher education
Colonizers
Angola
Portuguese
Portugal
Congo
French
France
Rwanda
English and French
England and France
Botswana
English
England
Mozambique
Portuguese
Portugal
Central African Republic
French
France
India
English
England
Pakistan
English
England
We see that the countries which have been using the
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