"Macaulay imposed slave mindset on India": PM Modi

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a national resolve to “free ourselves from the mindset of slavery that Macaulay imposed on India,” setting a 10-year timeframe leading up to the 200th year of Macaulay’s campaign to reverse its legacy. The PM was referring to the 1835 introduction of the Macaulay education system, which established English as the medium of instruction and prioritised Western literature and science over traditional Indian learning.

'Macaulay Imposed Slave Mindset On India’: PM Modi Lays Out 10-Year Roadmap

PM said,

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Why is Modi complaining about Macaulay recommending the teaching of English language during the time of Empire? If he hadn't done this, would Indians even be in a position of growth in the last half century or so?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

It shows that I have been spending too much time on PP, I saw this article In the Times and thought of you Cpt.

India seems to have reached the stage where they will start to push the country backwards. Much of their success has been built on being a cheap english speaking nation. If I was them I would be looking to double down on it, instead they want to roll it back.

A hindi or othe regional language speaking nation that is masters of Vedic sciences will perhaps make some Yogi types happy, but is it really helpful for the country?

 

[sweep_shot]

It shows that I have been spending too much time on PP, I saw this article In the Times and thought of you Cpt.

India seems to have reached the stage where they will start to push the country backwards. Much of their success has been built on being a cheap english speaking nation. If I was them I would be looking to double down on it, instead they want to roll it back.

A hindi or othe regional language speaking nation that is masters of Vedic sciences will perhaps make some Yogi types happy, but is it really helpful for the country?

They have already started to go backwards thanks to BJP/RSS/chaiwala Modi.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

It shows that I have been spending too much time on PP, I saw this article In the Times and thought of you Cpt.

India seems to have reached the stage where they will start to push the country backwards. Much of their success has been built on being a cheap english speaking nation. If I was them I would be looking to double down on it, instead they want to roll it back.

A hindi or othe regional language speaking nation that is masters of Vedic sciences will perhaps make some Yogi types happy, but is it really helpful for the country?

I saw it in The Times as well as I have a subscription but it's behind a paywall so I posted from a different source. The Times article actually has a more juicy headline.

Modi wages war against ghost of British Empire

India’s schools have paid a heavy price for following the colonial mindset of a British baron, the PM says. Now, after 200 years, the nation must finally free itself

www.thetimes.com

 

[JaDed]

About time, Education and Police reforms were long needed.
The education is driven toward theoretical to an extent that it becomes irrelevant by the time they graduate.

Issues would remain though on how to go about it while also enhancing the society socially.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

No, it is not. Certainly, it would be a step backwards. Instead, they can urge students to enrich their stock of knowledge with additional subjects in curriculum.

Or else they would also have Inzimam like captain giving interview in Modi accent..."Mitro, match kahtin tha....

It shows that I have been spending too much time on PP, I saw this article In the Times and thought of you Cpt.

India seems to have reached the stage where they will start to push the country backwards. Much of their success has been built on being a cheap english speaking nation. If I was them I would be looking to double down on it, instead they want to roll it back.

A hindi or othe regional language speaking nation that is masters of Vedic sciences will perhaps make some Yogi types happy, but is it really helpful for the country?

 

[JaDed]

No, it is not. Certainly, it would be a step backwards. Instead, they can urge students to enrich their stock of knowledge with additional subjects in curriculum.

Or else they would also have Inzimam like captain giving interview in Modi accent..."Mitro, match kahtin tha....

Not really .. rote learning and serving the empire or in this case ruling governments is what that system achieved, an education system could include English but not the worship of West.. and that is alright

 

[LordJames]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a national resolve to “free ourselves from the mindset of slavery that Macaulay imposed on India,” setting a 10-year timeframe leading up to the 200th year of Macaulay’s campaign to reverse its legacy. The PM was referring to the 1835 introduction of the Macaulay education system, which established English as the medium of instruction and prioritised Western literature and science over traditional Indian learning.

'Macaulay Imposed Slave Mindset On India’: PM Modi Lays Out 10-Year Roadmap

PM said,

news.abplive.com

Why is Modi complaining about Macaulay recommending the teaching of English language during the time of Empire? If he hadn't done this, would Indians even be in a position of growth in the last half century or so?

I don't know whether it is impose Hindi or educate in regional languages with high proficiency in English which will charge India's education system and make students excel.

Imposing Hindi will be death rattle for India.

Pakistan should also teach in Urdu with high proficiency in English to lift its massive population in sciences.​

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I don't know whether it is impose Hindi or educate in regional languages with high proficiency in English which will charge India's education system and make students excel.

Imposing Hindi will be death rattle for India.

Pakistan should also teach in Urdu with high proficiency in English to lift its massive population in sciences.​

I recommended that teaching English in Pakistani schools as a secondary language should have been a priority years ago in threads on here. This is the sole reason why India got to benefit from the era of globalisation. But of course don't expect Indian posters to admit it, because that policy was probably a result of Congress leadership and forward thinking.

That is why hindutva posters are hiding from this thread because their leader is still lamenting Macaulay's legacy instead of appreciating how his country benefited - no thanks to RSS mentality.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

None of his haters have actually read his "Minutes on Education in India".

 

[Bhaijaan]

It’s a delusion that Indians achieved success worldwide simply because a few million people could speak English. Indians have historically been successful administrators, intellectuals, poets, mathematicians, merchants, bankers etc all before English arrive don Indian shores.

Its the hard work and will power of Indian people to succeed anywhere they are. Language has never been a barrier to Indians historically, we learn new languages at phenomenal speed better than most communities out there. In my travels around the world, i have seen Indians speaking flawless Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, German etc. and a lot of them were brown collar workers. You've have to be clinically ignorant to make an absurd claim that ending over reliance on English could hinder India's progress. You don't know our country and its true potential.

India's full intellectual strength has never been fully unlocked primarily because the old education system created a huge wall for majority of the countrymen in the form of English being the dominant language. English's dominance has crippled India's growth potential. Growing up i saw first hand and realized how so many talented and hard working students were made to look unworthy because they came from schools and communities where English wasn't very strong in front of ordinary yet English speaking students from other renowned so called high society schools. To this day i know how so many people land jobs in various companies simply on the basis of their fluency in English whereas more capable and brilliant minds struggle to land similar high paying jobs because English wasn't their strong point. Its a travesty and doesn't happen in many other proud ancient nations.

The era of AI finally gives India a chance to break that barrier. With real-time translation capabilities of the AI, language should no longer be a barrier for any kid from any background.

The India of the 21st century cannot be content imitating Western ideals. It must build confident, original thinkers in every language, from every region, with technology amplifying and not restricting their abilities.