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RE:Britishers modernized India
by on Aug 07, 2007 11:35 PM

It was this British Government that ruled us using the Divide and Rule policy. I don%u2019t blame them for that it was our weakness that they took advantage of, merely for their own profits. People who actually worked for betterment of the society were not Government Officers. No British Officer was supposed to work on Humanitarian grounds. The work was only for Official and Profitable purposes. And did you forget our own Surdas, Kabir, Ramdas and Raja ram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, and Gandhi from the recent times. Translated Sanskrit into English for ordinary folks..!! Ordinary folks like you and me who need English to learn about our own culture?? I know it%u2019s easy for us to understand English. And Sanskrit is way off our understanding. But why do you need English? We have all our scriptures translated in many Indian languages. If you are really so keen to understand and study our culture, don%u2019t you think a Sanskrit script or a native language would be the best source? Britishers did translate our works. Good that they wanted to learn about us, but dear that was for their understanding. Appreciate what you have, your mother tongue!!
Their mistreatment led to national consciousness and creation of a nation. But at what cost? One nation Bharat was divided. And we are paying for it till date. I agree that no one can rule you unless you let them rule. And unfortunately we have people like you who still think the British raj came as a boon for the country. Don%u2019t let someone ru

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