in India, they’re banning english rhymes in schools.

Part of me says “what the deuce, who cares?”

Another part of me, the one getting the phd in myth studies(ie. forced to care) completely understands this move.

Nursery Rhymes, Mythology, Folklore, all of these are intimately tied with how a people defines itself. Yes, english nursery rhymes might still be said at home, but to have them be taught in schools as well says something about the cultural identity of India: that of a protectorate of the British Empire, rather than of a nation with both a rich and storied history.

And, once that identity is placed into children, they can start looking at the country’s history and begin to realize which actions are truly Indian, as differentiated from those of the British.

I realize that it’s not PC to knock something like globalism, and to support the cultural identity through nationalism of countries, but I do honestly believe that it allows more benefits for the common man than does globalization. I support the proletariat realizing both their place in the nation and from there in the world, than to have them affected in the early years by outside forces.

The more the common man believes and understands where his niche is, the less harm that globalization can do to that niche. I realize this may be a rosy view but another way of putting things, especially in the light of the nursery rhymes is that the sooner the Indian sees him or herself as an Indian stirring some local pride for what they innately are, and where they stand in relationship to their government, the sooner that the negative effects of looking towards the western world for hints at industrialization can stop.

Countries have their own manfiest destinies, and it’s time for other nations(like ours, britian and the EU) to realize that, and to keep their self serving mitts off governance. And to stop promoting certain factions against others.

So bring back the cultural rhymes in the schools.

I’m sorry if this didn’t make much sense, but I felt it is something that needed to be said.

I need a job where I can spend my morning reading and my afternoons writing. And my evenings doing whatever…like work or something.

And if any of you know a job like that that’s hiring, you let me know.