Decolonised yet colonial
In this age of politically independent India, we casually, or dare I say unthinkingly, use so many terms as a part of our day to day language. Like 'modern', 'rational', 'orthodox', 'scientific', 'reason/reasonable', 'logical' etc., to name a few. But do we ever ask ourselves, where does the origin of the inherent meaning of these words lie? The practices which are synonymous to these terms today, have their origin in the era of renaissance, and the 'Age of enlightenment'. It was then, when the treaty of westphallia was signed and the first voyage of Columbus took place and then began the 'Age of discovery'. The European colonial powers, by the use of brute force/tactics, subjugated societies all over the world. But their interest didn't just involve the political and economic exploitation. They also desired to convert the entire subjugated society to their way of life and they did so by means of introducing the Europe...