Decolonising the Mind

Extract from a Decolonising the Mind by Kenyan writer  Ngugi Wa Thiong'O  

How the British punished children for speaking in their own tongue in and around colonial schools as is happening in Indian Convent schools even today. How english was spread in the colonies.
  

Decolonising the Mind

Indian Education System and Gurulkul

Please read this comparing English from 1390 and so called Modern English

       

Middle English: 1390 Of hem that writen ous tofore The bokes duelle, and we therfore Ben tawht of that was write tho: Forthi good is that we also In oure tyme among ous hiere Do wryte of newe som matiere, Essampled of these olde wyse So that it myhte in such a wyse, Whan we ben dede and elleswhere, Beleve to the worldes eer

(Modern) English 1800 Of those who wrote before our lives Their precious legacy survives; From what was written then, we learn, And so it’s well that we in turn, In our allotted time on earth Do write anew some things of worth, Like those we from these sages cite, So that such in like manner might, When we have left this mortal sphere, Remain for all the world to hear

• Sanskrit language unchanged for 6000 years hence know as language of God who is unchanging and eternal
• श्री   गुरुस्तोत्रम् - गुरुर्ब्रह्मा   गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो   महेश्वरः
  (I salute Sri Gurudeva, who is Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and verily the Supreme Brahman.)
• Kayena Vaca Manasendriyairva
  कायेन   वाचा   मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा
  (Whatever actions I perform, by body, mind, senses or intellect, I offer all to the Guru.)
• Om Namah Shivaye Gurave
  ॐ   नमः   शिवाय   गुरवे
  (I salute Sri Gurudeva, who is the embodiment of Sat-Cit-Ananda, Who is the self-effulgent divine illumination without external support.)

English language it has no logical foundation (spelling grammer) it is followed on a whim, the Americans decided on their Independence to created their own improved version not based on logic.  We know sanskrit has not changed in 1000's of years has a logical foundation in all its aspects and was studied in the same manner as Math.  the current Indian Education system which has the same problems as the language, inherited from Empire. Schools were started by the Christian Victorian British and transplanted into their Indian Empire. They are an extension of Sunday school at Church, all children to sit in pews and listen to a lecture from the teacher (priest). GURUKUL system imparted values and knowledge (Gynan became to Know) to the MIND and should be encouraged. I a child of British empire cannot read write my own language Gujarati /Sanskrit and i want OUT ASAP.  As you see from above English will keep changing and is a difficult medium in which to make sence of the world. Indians are expected to learn two languages in order to gain a profession thus destroying thier culture and soul in the process.