India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

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European coloniality was directly responsible for disrupting the sacred relationship between indigenous peoples and nature, the destruction of their faith, language, political and social structures and knowledge – in short, their entire culture. I also found it very Ironic that the logic raised by him for rekindling a decolonised Bharatavarsha, are the same ones that he fights against when it comes to Caste. A society which looks at its culture and traditions through the eyes of colonizers is doomed for eternity. In Bharat's case, we are introduced to Middle Eastern Coloniality as a predecessor of European coloniality and why it should be looked at through the same lens.

The second section features the concept of Civilisation and here the author lays bare the basic precepts of the same and comes forth with a rather poignant analysis of how the colonial consciousness has been spawned in our minds and verily juxtaposes the pervasion of European Coloniality and how the same has hindered the true recognition of the Indic Civilisation. OET refers to a critical enquiry of a knowledge based on philosophy (epistemic), and theories based on theology.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Any slight incoherence in his logic is answered by the convenient assertion that whether the issue of pre-colonial India needed reform cannot be examined until there is a decolonialised understanding of pre-colonial India’s indigenous culture and society. This is why I might suggest the author might consult psychoanalytical view of history rather than post modern. Finally, just as the Bhagavad Gita has been the guiding light and continues to be so for a multitude of generations of Bharatiyas, this book is going to be a beacon of light for all of us on the Indic side and is but the first light and a ray of hope for all surviving Indic communities for a path towards complete decoloniality that will ultimately lead to the reflourishing of the Indic Civilisation across the sacred geography of Bharat and world over. This is an important difference since the scholarship of decolonialism, while being aware of the theological origins of European coloniality, appears to focus primarily on its racial aspects in the Americas and Africa.

This book starts with that context and provides extensive references on how the Indian mind came to be colonised. This is equivalent to turning post-independent India into a brown dominion with space for it on the same shelf as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada. The British parliament’s desires and directives were well internalised by a duo and led to an action plan in the Montagu-Chelsmsford (MontFord) Reforms 1918. Instead of decentralizing morality and allowing the society’s indigenous cultural moorings to inform law and policy, blind and unthinking constitutionalism has effectively contributed to the concentration of totalizing powers over morality and world view in the hands of unelected institutions and individuals.A great read to understand the impact of British coloniality on our civilization, our country, our constitution, our politics, judiciary, policing, our consciousness and on our society as a whole. The author traces the origins of Eurocentrism to ‘the Age of Discovery/Exploration’ in the 15th century, when Christopher Columbus set out in 1492 to ‘discover’ the ‘New World’.