Dr.Sitaram Bhargava  is an associate professor in English at Govt.college,Jhunjhunu. He is  an M.Phil ( ELT ), PhD ( ELT ) and SLET. He has attended several   national and international seminars , conferences and workshops; his several reaearch papers have been published in reputed journals.  His specialisation is ‘English language teaching’ and  ‘Indian writing  In English’.

Abstract

The present research paper attempts to define the concept of ‘ Decolonization’ or  ‘Nativization’ in terms of English language teaching. Decolonisation, because of its etymological associations with the word ‘ colony ’ in English is generally mistaken only as a political process. The Latin word ‘ colony’ was used in the sixteenth century to mean ‘ farm, settlement, landed estate etc. It took the form ‘ colonized ’ during  the seventeeth century and got more and more converted as ‘colonised ’ ‘colonial’ ‘ colonist’ and ‘ colonization  ’ with emerging European colonies all over the world.

The present research paper also explores the process of nativization or Decolonization in the poetry of some indigenous poets , especially Nissim Ezekiel and A.K.Ramanujan. Decolonization is when a colony of any country becomes independent .Thus, decolonization is opposite of colonization . Sometimes, a colony may not get full freedom , but may become the part of other country or even the part of the country which colonized it . This is decolonization . In some countries, decolonization may result after non- violent discussion. In a relatively small number of cases, decolonization happens only after armed struggle and revolt. Decolonization is different from the break up of traditional empires like the Mongol Empire or the Ottoman Empire.