PUBLISHED, DECCAN HERALD, 16 FEB 2011
Sir,
This refers to Empowerment: Dalits &English (DH, Feb15) The view point that English should be taught from class I in all schools is welcome. However to say that only lower caste people are denied English education is not correct. It is the general denial of education to Dalits that has left them behind. In both urban and rural areas those who can afford, irrespective of caste, have access to public school education. In his passion to project English as the panacea for all Dalit problems,Kancha Ilaiah makes sneering references to Saraswathi, Sanskrit, and the Brahmins. But, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar viewed Sanskrit differently-he advocated Sanskrit as the link language of India. English is a must but not at the cost of regional languages.Sir,
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