There is not an argument in the previous post worth countering.
I will merely re-state my position in predicate form, and note explicitly that anything
inferred from these is dependent on the conditioning of the inferrer.
- Is English the vehicle through which great deal knowledge can be accessed ?
Undeniably, yes, and perhaps, the best one at that.
- Are we similar to computers, where languages can be 'ported' easily.
No.
- Is it difficult to learn languages.
Yes. It's a long trek towards achieving fluency.
- Should education be mediated through English for industrial/material/scientific success ?
No.
- Are Sanskrit and other Indian languages special ?
For me, yes. For my co-patriots, I imagine yes, because that's what they have most experience in,
and that's where models/theories of their part of the world makes sense.
- Is English fluency (over and above, skills in regional languages) a pre-requisite in India, for,
i) access to higher education and employment in public/private sectors.
Yes.
- Should a state (a democratic one no less) severely disadvantage non-English speakers ?
No.
- Has this state of affairs changed from the colonial times ?
No; they have gotten worse.
- Is this par for course in developed nations ?
No. Not in Europe, East Asia nor in the US.
- Does pursuing a scorched earth policy whereby local traditions/languages get destroyed
and replaced with alien far off ones, benefit the country ?
No. Sankrant's book has the empirical evidence.
- Does any of this rest on 'superiority/inferiority', 'tradition', 'colonialism', and assorted sloganeering ?
Does any of this have anything to do with 'Sanskrit', 'programming', 'India' etc ?
No.
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Sudarshan T N wrote:
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> Given that we already have a meta perspective in this thread ... Just want to add a few additional perspectives.
> imho - The meta perspectives are the most important btw .
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> Do we want to amoralise Sanskrit usage? Sanskrit is a carrier of Sanskriti..
> Many perspectives in this thread seem to assume that "science" is a superior approach to "sanskriti".
> Science is amoral and over time tends toward immoral - there is no moral or ethical component in Science. This has something to do with the origins of modern
> science - in antagonistic evolution - with religion as practiced /evolved in the West.
> Sanskrit and Sanskrit never evolved nor operated under such duress. Sanskrit is embedded in the sanskriti cultural matrix.
>
> Does using Sanskrit to enable p*rn , gambling , drugs ,and various similar portals valid usage of Sanskrit ?
> What is the group's position (if any) on any of this -
> do we want to take the brainwashed colonized position that "science" is devoid of morality and is thus superior or the postmodern position that there is nothing
> called morality or ethics and everything is relative? Is this not a critical component to discuss when discussing future usage of Sanskrit ?
>
> As to English or any language X being superior / inferior - it is all about the USAGE it is put to. As to regional languages being better ..again it is about the
> usage it is put to. More dastardly crimes are committed by regional language speakers than english speakers in many parts of the country and vice versa in other
> parts of the world.
> Any absolute comment on "language" influencing "purushartha" is pointless.Yes English does come with eurocentric baggage but the hundreds of thousands in the
> ISKCON sampradaya who practice santana dharma in the world's languages are testament to the fact that language is not a limiting factor in the pursuit of dharma.
>
> Definitely Sanskrit .. yes .. simply because it is the primary language of purushartha.
>
> What do we think (a sanskrit modeling /programming ecosystem) Software and related Information Systems enable (for dharma) ?
> What do we want to use Sanskrit for in such Systems - will it be an accelerator of dharma or just another fanciful adharma enabler ?
>
> Engaging with these questions is probably relevant when we think of positioning / developing "Sanskrit" as a future thought and modeling ecosystem.
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> imo - The general jingoism and chest thumping , parochial pride etc are irrelevant in the long run.They have their short term uses in nation building , enabling a
> nation's grand narrative , self-pride etc. not denying it. The crucial aspect is "dharma". Any discussion or efforts which sidestep this crucial aspect will only
> be betraying the long term cause (sanatana)
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