There is a popular idiom in Bengali, "Ora joto besi bojhe, toto kom mane" (The more they understand, the less they obey). So, why I am starting this article with a Bengali quote? Obviously, not to disturb my non-Bengali friends. Rather, this is probably one of the best phrases that portrays the mentality of the British rulers of Colonial India, and their blind followers, of course. Let's recollect two snaps.
Please remember that day - 2nd Feb,1835 - when Thomas Babington Macaulay was asked in the House of Commons as how to subjugate this nation with so vast a wealth and grandeur. His was historical reply meant to say - to finish off the prevalent education system in India and to instate in its place one which teaches British as a superior race and to serve them.Even, In 1836, while serving as chairman of the Education Board in India, he enthusiasticallywrote to his father:
"Our English schools are flourishing wonderfully. The effect of this education on the Hindus is prodigious... It is my belief that if our plans of education are followed up, there will not be a single idolater among the respectable classes in Bengal thirty years hence. And this will be effected without any efforts to proselytize, without the smallest interference with religious liberty, by natural operation of knowledge and reflection. I heartily rejoice in the project."
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