Authors : Pradeep B. Zilpilwar
Page Nos : 65 - 72
Description :
ABSTRACTColonization
cannot be said to have come to an end with the formal independence since
it acts not only at political and geographical level but also at intellectual and
psychological level. This makes decolonization a long and gradual process. That is why
the independence is to be transferred into the minds of the men since “that which
begins in the minds of men must also end in the minds of men†(Young: 3). Due to the
long colonial legacy, the minds of the colonized are entrenched with the colonial
ideologies and the Eurocentric version and vision of the native. Hence the native tries to
identify himself with the colonial master and tries to imitate him and adopt his culture.
Thus, despite the political independence he continues to remain in the colonial
hangover for quite a long period.
