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<BR>Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:09:33 +0800
<BR>Subject: Re: [agathiyar] Re: Good articles on English
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<BR>At 11:20 AM 6/28/02 +0000, you wrote:
<BR>>--- In agathiyar@y..., JayBee <jaybee@t...> wrote:
<BR>>> 
<BR>>> Dear Friends,
<BR>>> 
<BR>>> There is very good article on English in the following URL:
<BR>>> 
<BR>>> http://wire.ap.org/APpackages/english/english1.html
<BR>>> 
<BR>>> In same web-site, there are further links to other 
<BR>>> articles on English. 
<BR>>> 
<BR>>> Regards
<BR>>> 
<BR>>> JayBee
<BR>>
<BR>>It is a good article. The main problem with English imperialism is 
<BR>>that many cultures would learn to interpret or rather misinterpret 
<BR>>about their own past by articles written in English meant for a 
<BR>>different audience.
<BR>>
<BR>>A good example is Tamilnadu. The use of English and western analysis 
<BR>>to understand their own history and culture has been a disaster for 
<BR>>Tamils. If Tamils stick to Tamil or even sanskrit sources to 
<BR>>understand about themselves and their culture, they are on the safe 
<BR>>side. If they rely on English written articles and books , they will 
<BR>>only make a mess.
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>True to a certain extent. But there are other angles well. 
<BR>Several of them.
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<BR>1. British and British orientated authors writing for foreign readership.
<BR>
<BR>2. British and British orientated authors writing for Indian readership
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<BR>3. Indian/Asian writers writing for foreign readership
<BR>
<BR>4. Indian/Asian writers writing for Indian readership
<BR>
<BR>Apart from this, we have to depend upon foreign sources 
<BR>also in the cases of historical documentation. It could be their 
<BR>perspective - 'kaNNOttam'. However, there will be elements of truth 
<BR>in what they say. Ibn Batuta, Marco Polo, etc. 
<BR>Sometimes they are more accurate than our local sources. 
<BR>Many a time, our own sources tend to exaggerate things. Or skip them 
<BR>altogether.
<BR>
<BR>Regards
<BR>
<BR>JayBee
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