Did Macaulay alienate Indians from their roots? No, no, no
He succeeded in his narrow goal of building a clerical class for colonisers. But education in Indian languages continued to thrive, as did criticism of Brits for betraying Enlightenment values
English colonisers’ introduction of English education in India, following the promulgation of Macaulay’s 1835 Minutes, is once again in the eye of a storm. The Minutes have often been blamed for dissociating Indians from their cultural roots. PM Modi has also made this claim in a widely circulated public speech.
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