THE WHITE MASTER'S NOD

THE WHITE MASTER'S NOD

I cannot quite comprehend why we bother so much about how the West looks upon us, how Western universities and academia in the West judge us. Why can't we build our own universities like we once did with Nalanda, Vikramashila and Takshashila universities drawing the best minds from across the world to study here? This hankering for Western approval is a colonial hangover that is best gone past now that we are 73 years old as a republic. Self-respect should deem it that we learn to write our own history albeit along scientific lines but without this slavish dependence on the white master's nod of approval. Vande Mataram!

Written by Sugata Bose