Apropos Rajeev Sreenivasan's article. India, despite the quaint twists given by historians, was ruled by outsiders since 1193A.D till 1947A.D. While Indian language was patronised to some extent before the arrival of the British, there after it died a natural death. The fact that you and I are communicating in this language is testimony to it. Language is deeply intertwined with culture - as we lose our language we slowly lose our culture. If a Muslim goes regularly to the Mosque to pray he is looked upon as a good Muslim, ditto for a Christian if he regularly goes to Church and sends his children for Bible lessons on Sundays. But heaven help a Hindu if he is a regular visitor of temples and tries to learn his scriptures - he is dubbed a fanatic!!! The Brits left us long ago, but we continue with their traditions blindly eating the insides of our own society. Therein lies the problem. Get sanskrit as the main language, with the mother tongue as the second language - then see the difference.
