Colonial Mindset
Krishna does not become more respectable by becoming “Lord Krishna.” Ram does not require validation from the vocabulary of the British aristocracy. Bhagwan is Bhagwan. THE WORLD LEARNS OUR WORDS. WHY ARE WE RUNNING AWAY FROM THEM? The English-speaking world happily says: Yoga. Guru. Karma. Mantra. Ayurveda. Nobody demands that sushi be renamed because the conversation is happening in English. Nobody translates samurai into some approximate English title every time the word is used. Civilisations with confidence export their vocabulary. Civilisations suffering from cultural insecurity translate themselves continuously for somebody else's approval. That is the real issue. AND THIS MENTAL DIVIDE GOES BEYOND LANGUAGE The same cultural divide can spill into politics. You can see a recurring tension in contemporary Bharat: sections of educated, metropolitan society speak about Narendra Modi with intense hostility, while many ordinary and economically mode...