Pune, Feb 16 : RSS chief K S Sudarshan has lamented the continued domination of English in free India and asked parents to insist on the children's education in mother tongue while promoting Hindi as a link language.
The Macaulay-led imposition of education system during the British India was still in vogue to the detriment of Indian languages, strengthening the misconception that the path of progress lay in pursuit of English, he told a gathering of 'Swayamsevaks' here on Sunday night.
"One can learn English just as any other foreign language. But do not harbour the notion that progress of nations depends only on knowledge of English."
Countries like France, Japan, Italy, Spain and Germany were some of the most advanced in the world without dependence on English, he pointed out.
Earlier, Sudarshan witnessed `yogasanas' and other exercises demonstrated by schoolchildren.
