ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 10

Decolonization of minds vs cultural genocide in tibetan poetic expressions

  • Author:
  • Lois Jose
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 84 to 88

Research Scholar, Department of English, Pondicherry University, India

Online published on 30 March, 2016.

Abstract

Development literally means to become or make something larger, more advanced or stronger. Unwritten statute, weak should be helped by strong to get stronger burdened the World's most economic powers who assumed themselves that they are stronger in social constructions, relations, values, ethics, education, cleanliness, health, economy. Reason justified for colonization was fine enough, but within no time it is made obvious that their attempt to ‘develop’ the world changed the culture, society, relations weaker than ever before.

Infact the life intertwined with nature was easier than the world which they ‘gifted’ us after those sudden developments. Colonization ruined not only the original culture and social life of a particular colony but also the ecosystem leading the life of poor animals and human beings to a miserable state in this Earth. The leap they forced each colony to make within a short span of time is so much so that a thousand years of return journey won't help to restore the same.

Still a nation hidden behind those Himalayan ranges silently is trying hard to get their mind not colonized to this consumer world and develop a generation who helps in restoring the beauty of their nation in nature. My attempt is to read inbetween the lines of Tibetan poets’ concern about colonization and its deep markings in the nature of their heaven. It also tries to look how successful are their lines to make a generation of their own culture amidst all colonization attempts made by China.

Keywords

Culture, Decolonisation, Ecology, Sinicization, Tibetan Poets