English language came as a colonial tool: Now it’s time to own it

English education brought western thought, act, customs and manners of not only that country but of the entire continent. English became a window to the West and India soon imbibed all that was cherished in Europe in matters associated with parliamentary democracy, sovereignty of the people, opposition to divine right theory of monarchy, the urge for liberty, equality and fraternity, social justice, rule of law and such other modern concepts of ideal statecraft.