VIJAY M forwards Lord Macaulay’s address to British Parliament on 2 February 1835.
“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 this 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 education system, her culture. For, if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is greater than her own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native culture, and they will become what we want them to become, a truly dominated nation.”
http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/articles/hinduism/macaulay.html
long read.
Interesting link, sisya. The article also says that this is falsely attributed to him & he only said words to this effect.
We cannot just attribute our English vyamoha to just this one reason. That would be like saying all the people (native Indians) blindly accepted this. This certainly had some effect but then immediately after independence, if most people wanted to, some of this could have been changed. A lot of the leaders during independence were rooted in Indian traditions. But even they too only opposed rule of the British but not their language or systems.
It is a combination of various factors including economic ones & the convenience of continuing the existing system at that time, that made many Indians lean towards English.
RSS has been saying this all along and working on restoring and adapting our heritage and culture. But pseudo-secularists and the media (particularly english) sees it as communal! Unfortunately, people have been bombarded with things like without english you can’t survive, valentine’s day, christmas is a cooler thing than Rasksha Bandhan or Dasara.
If a BJP govt. tries include topics and curriculum relevant to bhaarateeya culture (and talk in local language), they are seen a regressive and communal. While allowing your kid to have access to pot/porn etc. and promoting them to talk in English even at home is a cool thing.
Ayyayyappaaa!! kila kila!!
EnO andkonDidde, ee Britishinavaranna!! ella kaLnanmakkalE !! ingaa maaDOdu namagella? naavella avara daasaraagakke idEnaa kaaraNaa? akaTakaTaa!! enaagOytu nam jeevna!!
in mundaadroo nam jana ivar bagge tiLkondu oLLe buddi kaleeli… aNNaa, narayanamurthy, kEListaa idyaa?? ildE idre keLisikoppa…. naanu melindaanE noDtaa irteeni…. ondE ondu saari janara vEdikeyalli aa kannada muttu udurisayya!! keLi ellara jeevana paavana aagali.
Lee N.S.Raaya… yengLaaaa Idhyaaa…
Kanaslee yilla neenu Swargadhaage ..yelli idhya swalpa address Kodla..
Address yilldhidhre yee swargadhaagi hudkodhu baari kasta kanla..
Annavru yenara kandra.. Mathe Punarjanmakke ogovre antha heliru..
Vyamooha boo varsdhindha aythae..yeega aa visya byaada..yaake andre
kantraversy agoythadhe
Britishrenu kallaru avara kelasa aagodakke avargie bekkaddu madidaru
namma leaders buddhi enu laddhi thinnodakke hogitha? Swathnatra bandu 60 varusha aagutha banthu innu buddhi bandilla.
EE MP galige thamma sambala sarige vishyakke bill pass madokke aaguthe Reservation vishya amend madodakke aaguthe aadare education systemna sari madabeku antha annisilla. I think Its R. K Narayan first brought the issue of heavy school bags of children and the need to change the education system but till now no improvement
ayyayyappa!!! kila kilaa….Dheerendra!!! nijavaagloo neenEnenappa adhu? naanu yaarO ankondbitte…. ningotalla… bhoomi mele bahaLa jana nam dhvani nallE maataaDtaare, aNakistaare! hoonappa… naanooo swargdalle iddeeni… ille annavara palace pakkada quarters nalli….narakada sahavaasa ella aagoytu… yaavaga gottaaa?? annaavru bandralla swargakke, avattu nannoo karkond bandbittroo narakadinda… annavru punarjanmakke hogiddaare annOdu bhoomi mele bandirO dodda rumor appa… avaru ille iddaare….swargavaasigaLanna hangella kaLisakke aagutta?? nan kelasa annavara private secretary… avranna ella kaDe karkonDhogOdu, sutta mutta enen idhe antha tiLisOdu etc… avara mobilinda abhimaani devarugaLigella SMS maaDsidroo nan kainalle…nan sahaaya yaake bEkaaytu annavrige antha yOchne maaDtaa iddeeyaa? avarge kaN kaaNallappa… adEno… idda eraDu kaNNannoo daana maaDi kasturi nivasada manushyana taraha bandbittiddaare…. kashTa, bahaLa kashTa avarige…. neenEnaadroo annavaranna nODbekaadre, alli enquiry counter ge hogi sumne annavara address enu antha kELu… aaraamvaagi barabahudu… see you soon!
ee English vyaamOhada bagge neenu barediddu pratishata noorakke nooru satya kaNappa…. bahaLa kaantravarsy aagogide.. en maaDOdu? nam annavrE sari… nija jeevanadallaaglee athava swargadalle aaglee, onde ond pada english upayOgislilla… annavrige jai… kila kilange jai!!!
implimenting english may be a political move but many britishers have contributed immensely to indian culture heritage,& language,B.L rise,jim corbett,everest,kenneth anderson to name a few so it won’t b completely true to say that britihers/english is responsible for fading of our heritage,
IVATHTHU KANNADAKKE APAYA IDHDHRE SO CALLED HINDI BASHEYINDH NE HORATHU ENGLISHNINDA ALLA.
beda bete lal.. ns matte dheerendra haavina jotege sarasa aadbedi.. benkiya baleyalli sikhaakondbidtira.. idu enaagtaaide namma naadge.. spot idbekaagatte ishtralle