The vegetable store near my home, the one I use most often is run by a a young couple - their children - two of them, aged between 5 and 8 - are also there with them in the store when not at school. Yesterday when I visited this store the mother was at the cash counter while the
father sat beside with the children teaching them English. It was a lesson through translation. As I selected my vegetables I heard the phrases - 'India is a great country'; 'India is a rich country. But its people are poor'. The younger boy retorted back, after translating the sentence to his father's satisfaction, 'How can a country be rich, when its people are poor?'
The father started explaining to the kid about the great cultural values of India.The first lesson in cultural hegmony.
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