I am not very sure if we, or even the venerable Nariman, understand the enormity of the claim made here.
If Modern Law is best expressed in English, this can mean the following for Indians.
- We have a Law-System that is not aligned with our Intellectual Thought and Culture.
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If Modern Law is best expressed in English, this can mean the following for Indians.
- We have a Law-System that is not aligned with our Intellectual Thought and Culture.
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https://twitter.com/livelawindia/status/1451143008032673797
- If we do bring that to our languages, then it does not represent the original perspective in purity. That results in corruption of the original.
- The more we express it in our languages, the more we bring our own concepts
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- The more we express it in our languages, the more we bring our own concepts
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- Hence we may end up extending our civilization into the Modern world, which eliminates the hegemony of the Elite (I can imagine this when I read something in Kannada)
The other way of looking at it
- Since, engage more with English - shed your native thought aka Conversion
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The other way of looking at it
- Since, engage more with English - shed your native thought aka Conversion
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- So fundamentally, Law is a Civilization transformation Project.
Fundamentally, Nariman is saying the same thing as Balagangadhara. Modern Law is of a different cultural origin and submitting to it fundamentally transforms you into another culture.
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Fundamentally, Nariman is saying the same thing as Balagangadhara. Modern Law is of a different cultural origin and submitting to it fundamentally transforms you into another culture.
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Language after all is a reflection of Thought and Culture.
Fundamentally, Nariman is making a stronger case for Decolonization then.
Fundamentally, Nariman is making a stronger case for Decolonization then.
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