Are we truly free from British Raj ??
I am not sure if we are truly free from British influence. Many of us, who know how to speak English have a feeling of being sophisticated. We think that that we are more advanced and intelligent. We have glorified ENGLISH. But the reality is that the Britishers needed Indians to learn their mother tongue in order to make us work for them in administering the country. We look down upon our fellow Indians who don't know how to speak English. Britishers think themselves as advanced when they speak English. They are proud of their language, But are we? Are we proud of our languages? Its a very sad fact that i n our country which is linguistically rich and versatile we are failing to value our mother tongue and our regional language. Instead we look down upon those who don't know how to speak English. We think they aren't intelligent. I believe its happening unconsciously, not really intentionally. But the fact remains. ...