Lord Macaulay's idea of India Swarajya

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The Indian Education system is still dominated by a colonial mindset. Despite the passing of more than six decades since independence, we have failed to establish a vibrant, high-quality system of primary education that is free and widespread. There is an excerpt widely quoted in the Web even today that is attributed to Lord Macaulay. He is supposed to have made an address to the British Parliament on February 2, 1835, in which he is reputed to have made the following statements. "I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief, such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber that I do not think we would ever conquer their country unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage and therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient educational system and her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is to the good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation. Read more at: https://swarajyamag.com/culture/and-macaulays-idea-of-india-endures

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10-8-2015

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Swarajya

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Swarajya

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Education, Swarajya

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