Goddess English
‘A FORTNIGHT ago, in a poor village in Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, work began on a temple dedicated to Goddess English. Standing on a wooden desk was the idol of English — a bronze figure in robes, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding aloft a pen. About 1,000 villagers had gathered for the groundbreaking, most of them Dalits, the untouchables at the bottom of India’s caste system. A social activist promoting the study of English, dressed in a Western suit despite the hot sun and speaking as if he were imparting religious wisdom, said, “Learn A, B, C, D.” The temple is a gesture of defiance from the Dalits to the nation’s elite as well as a message to the Dalit young — English can save you’
From a very interesting article on non-Roman scripts in internet addresses from the New York Times here.
May 19th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Now all the temple needs is a written dogme and a Guru from Spain via New Zealand and Guardian temple master from the UK.
:)
K
May 28th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Some people would say you were the Goddess of English, of course, Karenne