Tuesday, November 29, 2005

our English speaking advantage

Knowledge of English, the de facto global language today, is helping many poor Indians to get jobs. But I do not feel grateful that the British colonized us and "gave" us English. As I said on Saturday, we Hindus are versatile / resourceful / intelligent enough to learn a particular skill on our own if & when it is needed. We have always been adept at learning (multiple) languages, and we have regard for tradition as well as new knowledge. Left to ourselves, we would have learnt the new without sacrificing the old. (I mean, what is good in both.)

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In fact, if we scrutinize history, we can clearly see that

- The English language was in grave danger of becoming extinct around the 13th century. It would NOT have become the global language had the British not enslaved us. India was the jewel in their crown, and money looted from India fueled England's industrial development and gave a boost to their further colonization efforts resulting in global domination. Just between 1740s and 1760s, the British looted a staggering amount from India: this was the main driver behind Industrial revolution. The same capital financed the build out of this country (USA) too. E.g., railroads, steel industry. Yale university is named after an ex-Governor of Madras who gave his loot to them...The very name 'loot' came into the English language from India.

- We would NOT be poor and in search of overseas (generated) jobs in the first place had the British not enslaved us and then transferred power to the (communist & psec) Nehru family. :-( The total money looted by Brits from India is like 10 trillion dollars. We Indians are still suffering from the disastrous economic policies of the Nehru family; and we Hindus are especially under threat.
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In short, we have nothing to thank the Brits for. They robbed us, destroyed our systems of medicine, language, sciences, created a brainwashed "elite" of intellectual pygmies that has no regard / respect for our glorious Hindu heritage, etc. It is the Brits who have to thank us. We gave them money, knowledge, cannon-fodder for their wars (sepoys), sheep for their religion (converts)... and to this day we are providing them intellectual-sepoys (psecs)!!


p.s.
I do not consider India to be a Hindu country. It is a psec nation where Hindus are governed by dhimmi laws.