tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19451417.post5092339450708857811..comments2023-07-02T21:12:43.266+05:30Comments on The Argumentative Indian: Macaulay: In the crossfireJusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15938509910551379491noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19451417.post-91304754931444238002007-03-27T00:09:00.000+05:302007-03-27T00:09:00.000+05:30Indeed, Macaulay was no saint. But saints rarely m...Indeed, Macaulay was no saint. But saints rarely make great economists and he did propose good economics, which would eventually have meant a win-win solution for both India and Britain. Instead Britain had to leave India in a lose-lose solution with both nations nearly bankrupt.<BR/><BR/>The comparison between European and Indian literature was ill-advised to an extent. But we must remember that very little scientific development had happened in India for about 800 years before Macaulay's statement - and a lot of that knowledge was unknown at that time and is being brought out only now. Also what he was suggesting was that India adopt what Britain did to become the power that she was - ditch the native system and adopt the Greco-Latin system, something Britain herself had done. You can see it as cultural chauvinism. From another angle it could be seen as a very visionary solution because it is the English language and education system that is today as the force behind an emerging India.Kiranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02404008369159416565noreply@blogger.com