“The ‘modern’, ‘rational’, ‘scientific’, Christian European coloniser could not get himself to acknowledge that the lived experience and traditional knowledge of native societies gathered over millennia could teach him more than a thing or two about living in harmony with nature as opposed to merely salvaging what remained of it in the name of ‘sustainable’ development.” ColonialismColonial HistoryColonial Mentality Book:India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution Source: India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution