Comment on Sri Aurobindo's , Is India Civilized ?

The reality of Aurobindo's work is to help raise awareness
to the idea of how vague and imprecise the term "civilized" actually is.  According to
Aurobindo's work, the notion of India, as a nation and people, being "civilized" can
only happen when they adopt and fully appropriate the existing conditions and realities
of other, "more civilized" cultures.  In the end, this is not "civilization" as much as
parody of social orders.  In Aurobindo's work there is a clear call to demand
clarification as to what "civilization" entails and whether or not India, as a nation,
wishes to be a part of it.  It seems to me that one of Aurobindo's most compelling
claims is that the notion of "civilization" is one that can actually represent the
opposite end, based on which social order is using the term.  Certainly, one can
conclude that Aurobindo is right because much of what the British did to Indians under
colonial rule was far from "civilized."