we write english,we try hard to be english- now its not our mother tongue and so we'll always play catchup to the english.Now if the most basic thing for a human - his language is borrowed then everything else in a way is borrowed. I'm surprised why the author is surprised -Gandhijis mool mantra - swadeshi we thick indians didnt get it then nor do we get it now. As for looking through people - for the casteist lot it comes naturally to us - its in our genes.