really an eye opener. india was really a SONE KI CHIDIYA (GOLDEN BIRD).

A QUESTION COMES IN MY MIND,

is democrase is better for India or earlier rulers were more efficient than present leaders?

Dear All,

This Article truely reflects what intellect and far sight the british people had see today most of us are ashamed of our own langauge (Hindi, Bengali, Orriya, Marathi...... And many more). And The first comes among all this is the majority of CA doers the marwaries.... Hardly 10% of the young generation know their language...... Well today english has become the corporate language so we cant ignore it but then we shud at the same time also respect our own language.......... Speaking english is important but then we shud not negelect our mother toungues............. We All sing Hindi hai Hum...... But hardly many people follow it............ you know indian are one of the few civilization who can speak in so many languages at one time...............

Originally posted by : CA. BIJENDER KR. BANSAL
	THANKS FOR SHARING . NOW WHAT ABOUT THE INDIA IS AT 2010

Congress Wealth Games 2010

Whether India will be able to recover that past glory is a million dollar question.

Thans for Sharing.......

“Respected friends,

Permit me to point out that this quotation of Lord Macaulay is a spurious one, faked in recent years and massively circulated on the Internet (even Dr Abdul Kalam put it on his presidential website at some point).

The quotation is a fake one because:

1. No one has been able to give a proper reference for it, pointing to an original source of Macaulay’s speeches or writings.
2. Macaulay was not in England on the purported date of this “speech in Parliament” but in India.
3. In fact the date (2 February 1835) is the date of his famous Minute, which was aimed at convincing the colonial authorities that English education was the ideal for India, and not an education in Indian languages as a group of Orientalists (including Prinsep) wanted. I attach the Minute’s full text.
4. The very text of the alleged quote could never have been written by Macaulay. “India’s spiritual and cultural heritage” is a phrase he would never have used: he denied the very existence — or at least value — of such a heritage, as his Minute makes clear again and again. Nor would he have acknowledged Indians’ “caliber” or spoken of India’s “old and ancient education system” (were it only for the bad English of the last phrase).
5. Finally, the question of “ever conquering this country” had no meaning in 1835, when Britain was in nearly full control of the subcontinent.

The alleged quotation is a poor fabrication. Please do not circulate it without due warning. On the other hand, it would be worthwhile to study Macaulay’s Minute and to generate a debate on what India has done in the 60 years of her independence to reform her educational system.

Source: https://satyameva-jayate.org/2007/06/26/clearing-the-dust-off-macaulays-quote/