Monday, December 19, 2005

Are you a Macaulayalee?

Thomas Babington Macaulay's speech of Feb 2,1835, to the British Parliament speaks volumes of where we as a nation stood. Then his Minute on Indian Education, delivered in 1835 again spoke volumes of us and what was expected of us, "...a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect..."

Suggested Reading:

http://www.hindu.org/publications/fgautier/selfdenial.html

http://www.geocities.com/ifihhome/articles/sk001.html

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