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Friday 29 August, 2008
 12:02 | 31/Jan/2008 |  4 Comment(s)
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The Indian Heritage

The speech contained in the graphic reads thus:
LORD MACAULAY'S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 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 calibre, 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 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

Source:
http://www.silchartoday.com/images/india-1835.JPG

I am not really sure about the authenticity of this as I have also seen links that claim that this could be a hoax. However I truly feel that sometimes we Indians display amazing alacity in disowning our past and heritage in favour of foreign fads. By that I certainly dont mean frowning at Valentine's Day celebrations, which even at my age I think is quite fun or banning MTV, which I still watch. What actually saddens me however is when I see these become the sum and substance of our daily lives while the knowledge and culture that has been enriched by the contributions of millions of our fore-fathers being relegated into a stockpile of archiaic ideas. 


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