IS ENGLISH FOREVER IN BHARAT?

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"United Nations has six official languages, namely Mandarin, Spanish, English,

Arabic, Russian and French.

According to University of Washington, Seattle mid 1996 report, Hindi is the

mother tongue of 348 million people, but is used by 457 million people; even

then Hindi is not the official language of United Nations." Mohan Gupta

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"Mohan Guptaa4India\"" IS ENGLISH FOREVER IN BHARATDate:

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:32:58 -0400

IS ENGLISH FOREVER IN BHARAT Once England was a

colony of Romans. English was considered a language of uneducated people and it

was also underdeveloped language. By the efforts of British people English is a

sort of world language. If an underdeveloped English language can become world

language, then Hindi definitely can become a prominent language in the world if

Bharatiya media people make efforts and contribute in developing and spreading

Hindi. Hindi must be spread not only in Boli form, but in written form in

Devnagri script as well.

Bharat got the political independence from Britain 57 years ago, but it is still

to get independence from English language and western culture. English has

still got the dominant position above all other Bharatiya languages in Bharat

even after 57 years of Independence. Shall English stay the dominant language

of Bharat forever or a time will come when Bharatiya languages will get their

due place? If at all such a time will come, then when it could be?

The continuance of English ensures our helplessness in the political and

cultural spheres; an enormous amount of brain drain through this source is

going out of the country every year. It has besides dried up the springs of

our national self -respect, integrity and pride and made us mongrel breeds

aping an assortment of alien modes and ideas, which don't kill but sterilise

permanently. With the incubus of English in all its evident and insidious ways,

we give a guarantee to the world that we shall never reach a level above

efficient secretaries to carry out orders and never to formulate the

inspiration behind them.

Already English has started destroying Bharatiya languages. Many difficult

English and Urdu words have intruded in Hindi and other Bharatiya languages.

English and Urdu has polluted Hindi to a great extent and destroyed its shape.

Bharatiya masses of slavish mentality consider English as a superior language

and have much attachment for this language. The congress workers and its

followers have painted Jawahar Lal Nehru as " Jewel of India", but all the

studies and analysis have proved that Nehru was a curse for Bharat. He did not

solve any problem for Bharat in his life time but left many problems unsolved or

in complicated position like Kashmir problem, Language problem to be solved by

the coming generation. By his inability and wrong decision he has made Bharat

slave of English language for eternity.

Most Bharatiyas believe that we were given our freedom on a platter by the

British, instead of thinking that we wrested it from them by our long drawn out

freedom struggle and by sacrificing many lives and suffering untold misery. We

have belittled the sacrifices of Bhagat Singh Azad, Veer Savarkar, Netaji

Subash Chander Bose and millions other. If Bharat has won independence by the

non-violence methods of Mahatma Gandhi, then why the success of this method has

not been repeated anywhere else in the world. No other country has won freedom

by non-violence methods in the world. Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru,

congress party has stolen the credit of the sacrifices of other people who laid

down their lives for the

independence of Bharat.

The worst affect of colonial domination is the residual mental mode of

dependency inherited by majority of the pre- and post - independence

generations. Bharat cannot be saved by part-time Bharatiyas who have their

minds and hearts elsewhere or casual interest of power to be reckoned with.

Most of us have become "external Bharatiyas" hoping and praying that some

International body or investor will help us politically and economically.

In countries of the world, except a very few for not very apparent reason,

commit themselves, emotionally and intellectually to one's own country. Such

persons are held in high esteem in all countries, except Bharat, where they are

often belittled. In other countries this commitment is the norm and the

exception is ridiculed and even punished. Since Independence, for almost half

a century, Bharat under the congress party rule voluntarily accepted,

apparently even enjoyed an inferior and non-consequential role in the world.

For all practical purposes this has been a period of "extended colonialism."

This phase can better be described as "colonialism under new

management". Nobody now takes Bharat or for that matter any Bharatiya seriously

in international affairs in spite of the fact that Bharatiyas do extremely well

in academic fields as well as in commercial activity, in all the countries they

live and work in. We have demonstrated that, as a nation, we can achieve

nothing significant by ourselves for ourselves.

Our English schools are flourishing wonderfully... The effect on education on

the Hindus is prodigious. Not many Hindus who have received English education

ever remains sincerely attached to his religion. Some continue to profess it

as a matter of policy and some other embrace Christianity. "It is my belief

that, if our plans of education are followed up, there will not be a single

idolater among the respectable classes in Bengal, thirty years hence, and this

will be affected without any efforts to proselytise; without the smallest

interference with religious liberty, by natural operation of knowledge and

reflection. I heartily rejoice in this project" - so said T. B. Macaulay in a

letter to his father in

1836.

The credit goes to Macaulay that the intellectuals of Hindu society have started

looking at themselves with western eyes. They were thus convinced about the

"hopelessness" of Hinduism and everything associated with Hindus became

foolish, inferior and reactionary. Even Bharatiya languages have became

inferior to English and Urdu, the languages of their past rulers. The self

-alienated Hindus are "Brown in skin" but English by taste and temperament.

The main aim of starting English language in Bharat was to subvert the Hindu

religion and culture. Mr. Macaulay even might not have thought in his wildest

dreams that English language would stay in dominant position and as an

associate official language for ever even in independent and free Bharat.

After England and North America, south Asia is the world's third most populated

English speaking region. Bharat has a population of a billion people and 24

native languages. Hindi is the official language in name only and English is

the "associate official" language and in practice is also the official

language of Bharat which is spoken fluently by about 90 million Bharatiyas -

those of the educated, dominated classes. All Bharatiyas who graduate from

school are able to read and write English to some degree.

An Associated Press Report in February 1996 said that in Bharat "English is

considered the most important language for national, political and commercial

communication. English is seen as the gateway to a good career and social

status...Competition for college positions and jobs is intense and the private

schools all teach in English.

The Associated Press report further said that nationalist’s rail against English

during election campaigns "and condemn public officials who often use it during

public appearances. Some politicians respond by condemning English in public

then quietly sending their children to schools that teach English."

Bharat is making a very big contribution in making English as the International

language. If Bharatiyas stop using English language, probably English would

lose its status as the International language. Bharatiya children are not

beasts of burden. In Bharat learning of English and other languages take away

between 35% to 45% of a student's time at the high school stage. This can only

mean less attention is paid to more important subjects. While more time is

devoted to learn English and other languages in Bharat - which is only a

vehicle of knowledge - we devote correspondingly less time to learn knowledge

proper e.g. mathematics and science etc.

It is possible and necessary to reduce the student's language load and at the

same time promote education and national integration. First and foremost

remove the English language from the status of Associate official language of

Bharat. Students should be asked to learn any two -- and only two -- languages

in the Eighth Schedule; one of these will inevitably be the student’s mother

tongue, which he/she should use as his medium of instruction and even up to

post-graduate stage. This will do away with the compulsion of Hindi or of any

other language. At the same time such non - Hindi students who are interested

in central services or inter - state trading, etc. will naturally opt for

Hindi. And Hindi students will have to learn one other Bharatiya language.

And that should mean equality of opportunity to all students. English should

be stopped from being taught in schools, instead should be taught only in

colleges. Government should stop giving grants to institutions that teach

English at the school level.

United Nations has six official languages, namely Mandarin, Spanish, English,

Arabic, Russian and French.

According to University of Washington, Seattle mid 1996 report, Hindi is the

mother tongue of 348 million people, but is used by 457 million people; even

then Hindi is not the official language of United Nations.

Mandarin is the native language of 853 million people, but used by 999 million

people. English is the mother tongue of 330 million people, but is used by 487

million people. Arabic is the mother tongue of 195 million people but is used

by 230 million people. Russian is the mother tongue of 168 million people, but

is used by 280 million people. French is the mother tongue of 74 million

people, but is used by 126 million people. In fact, except Chinese and

English all other languages used at the United Nations are used and spoken by

less number of people than Hindi knowing people, even then Hindi has no status

nationally or internationally. Bharat is

saturated with English publications. English newspapers are very influential in

Bharat. This is all due to the slavish mentality of Bharatiya politicians and

Bharatiya population.

English language is destroying the roots of Hindu religion and culture.

Bharatiya government and the elite of Bharatiya masses are not taking such

steps where the shame of 1000 years of slavery may be washed away.

By the long dominance of English language in Bharat and those people who benefit

from English does not even want to listen to suggestion that Hindi and other

regional languages be given prominent place in Bharat. Whenever somebody says

that Hindi and other regional languages be given prominent place in Bharat,

there is a strong reaction from non-Hindi speaking people. Here is two typical

letters from highly qualified persons living in America who think there is no

shame in retaining English.

"Please do not start an agitation against the English language. The last time

they tried to impose Hindi on the South in 1965, there was a virtual revolt in

Tamil Nadu! It was pacified only after the Centre agreed to implement Jawahar

Lal Nehru's assurance that English will continue as an associate official

language of India AS LONG AS THE NON‑HINDI SPEAKING PEOPLE WANT IT THAT

WAY. And the non‑Hindi speaking people are not going to ask for a change

at any time in the near or medium‑term future. Please do NOT do anything

to destroy the unity and integrity of India which, I am sure you will agree, is

more precious than anything else in the world!"

For such people integrity of Bharat can only be maintained as long as Bharat

stays physically or mentally slave nation. These people get glory by using and

promoting English all the time and consider themselves that they are highly

qualified persons amongst the Bharatiya masses. These people think that by

learning Hindi or other regional languages, a person stays only semi-literate.

As soon as Bharat talks about getting free from physical and mental slavery,

these denationalised, mentally slave or misguided people think that Bharat will

break into many pieces.

If you are pro Hindi, then many people think that you cannot survive in a

foreign country. For them for surviving in a foreign country, one must become

slave of English. Here is another typical letter from a slavish mentality

person, which he wrote to me:

"If you are such a lover of Bharat and Hindi language, how can you communicate

with other people in foreign countries, how could you survive in foreign

country without learning English in Bharat? Do you like to be like frog in a

well? Don't you want Bharatiya people communicate with the outside world about

their heritage and culture, upgrade themselves and competitive with the rest of

the world economically politically and socially? Regrettably we were ruled by

the British, but they taught us a common language by which we could communicate

ourselves in Bharat with hundreds of diverse languages and with the outside

world. Only 40% of Bharatiyas have Hindi as the mother tongue, so people can

communicate with each other and with the outside world using English, and with

their mother tongue among

themselves. Don't be a hypocrite. Be a citizen of the world, continue your

culture in your mother tongue, share your culture with the rest of the world in

English."

It seems that such slavish mentality persons have got no knowledge of the

world or if they have got any knowledge then it is very, very poor knowledge of

the world. Japan, Germany, Russia, China, Arabic and some other countries of

the world did not become slave of English for their prosperity or for spreading

their messages and views in the world and for settling down in the western

countries. People from these countries do settle down in western countries.

These countries have not imposed English language on the general masses of

their countries just for the benefit of a few handful people so that these

people may settle in western countries. But the denationalised and mentally

slave Bharatiya people want that English be imposed on the whole country so

that it may become easier for a few handful people to settle down in western countries.

These people are of very, very limited knowledge but somehow have succeeded in

imposing their denationalised views on the Bharatiya masses due to which Bharat

is not able to throw away its mental slavery.

Some people make such absurd arguments for retaining English in Bharat forever

and for putting down Hindi all the time, that it seems as if they have no

Bharatiya blood in their veins at all. They sound that they are even prepared

to invite foreign powers, may be British, Portuguese, Dutch, Muslims or any

other nationality to rule Bharat again so that Hindi may not get respectful

place in Bharat.

People who plead for retaining English forever in Bharat do not realise that

English is in Bharat at the cost of development and spreading of Sanskrit and

all other Bharatiya languages. Some non-Hindi speaking people just to keep

Hindi down always plead for English and want to keep English in Bharat forever.

These people do not realise that with the dominant position of English in

Bharat, their own language will not develop and spread as well.

Business community, manufacturing industry, print and information industry,

bureaucracy, politicians, people with slavish mentality, some non-Hindi

speaking people and the people who benefit from the prevalent use of English

have developed so much liking for this symbol of slavery, that the people who

want to throw away the symbol of slavery are not allowed to do so by these

unworthy and selfish people.

English language is a symbol of slavery. Jawahar Lal Nehru due its foolishness,

unintelligence and unworthiness as a Prime Minister put the symbol of slavery

around the neck of Bharatiya masses. Bharat is not a small country. It has got

many developed languages of its own. Instead of English, Hindi and all other

regional languages be promoted in Bharat. As long English is a dominant

language in Bharat, the nation cannot get any respect or glory from the rest of

the world. No body can ever get respect by borrowing or stealing anytime in his

lifetime. Same thing is with language. English will keep Bharat always a

mentally slave country.

Some people see no harm, no shame in retaining English in Bharat. People who

have no shame or consciousness, or love and respect for mother land and people

who died for the independence of the country, are more interested in earning

money at any cost, who are agents of foreign powers or interested in breaking

Bharat into several pieces or who want that general masses should stay poor for

ever, plead for retaining English in Bharat for ever.

People who use English in any form like for the cast of Hindi films, on the

labels of products manufactured in Bharat for the Bharatiya people, on the sign

boards or by polluting Hindi by use of English and Urdu words in spoken or

written Hindi, are perpetuating English for eternity in Bharat and thus

contributing in keeping Bharat mentally slave for ever by retaining the symbol

of slavery.

Media, social and cultural organisations have to take some such steps where

people should stop considering English as a superior language. Due to such

steps the influence of English language should start declining in Bharat and

Bharatiya languages might get their due place in Bharat in the new century.

Such steps should also break the attachment of Bharatiya masses for English

language. There is nothing special about English. Due to the language of

administration and medium of instruction, English has got more scientific and

technical words. If Hindi becomes the language of administration and also

becomes medium of instruction at the university level, then Hindi

will also acquire scientific and technical words. English is just another

language like Marathi, Gujarati, and Hindi etc. Hindi should also get rid from

the corrupting influence of English and Urdu words.

Hindi loving people should make demonstrations outside studios and cinema

houses, asking producers that the casts of all Hindi TV programmes and Hindi

films must be in Hindi. They should also demonstrate outside some

manufacturing companies asking the producers to put at least 50% Hindi on all

their labels.

To promote south Bharatiya languages in Hindi speaking areas some steps should

be taken for example part of the cast of the southern Bharatiya films be given

in Hindi and these films should carry the subtitles in Hindi at the bottom of

the screen for such films. Then Hindi-speaking people would also be able to

enjoy the southern films in original.

The destiny of a country whose religion, culture and language has been preserved

by Providence for over five thousand years of known and verified history and the

origin of whose religion and culture, God knows, goes into the subliminal

recesses of human history, stored in mankind's unconscious, is marked and

chosen by the same Providence to emerge as a beacon light for mankind in the

present all encompassing gloom. Naturally Bharat will get back its glory in

its religion, culture and language as well. But first Bharatiya people have to

throw away all the symbols of slavery and have to become mentally free as well.

Hindi is a developed language and has a vast ocean of its own words. Hindi does

not need crutches of Urdu and English.

It is the responsibility of Media people that they should try to make pure

Hindi, (free of Urdu and English words) a prominent language of world.