Sanskrit and English

All those who love to bash Sanskrit as 'language of the oppressor class', why do they not see that the language of the oppressor today is English ?

Because that truth hits too close home ?  

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Aparna Krishnan My point is that all those who curse Sanskrit as language of the oppressor, and as having given its possessors undue advantage - do not see that in regard to English, and to themselves, today ! The English-fluent are the highest in the caste system today. By making others also-rans in the race of English we entrench our supremacy more and more deeply. Unless it is dismantled there can be little hope of equality. And we waste our time bashing Sanskrit !So let us address today's issues today. English ! Its simple to bash Sanskrit and stay blind to our inherited English privileges !

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Manage

 

Prakash Thangavel English is the new sanskrit

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Manage

 

Aparna Krishnan only it lacks all the inherited learnings that sanskrit has !