Munshi's mother tongue was Gujarati; he wrote extensively in it, and is called the father of modern Gujarati drama. (Munshi, incidentally, was a great fan of Shakespeare.) In the Constituent Assembly, Munshi promoted Hindi as India's national language. As chancellor of Gujarat University, he made English required, declaring English to be necessary in order for India to be linked to the world. Munshi promoted Sanskrit, the classical language of India, founding a Sanskrit college. Munshi also promoted other regional languages of India.
This is the nature of the "Hindu fundamentalist". It is only secularists that say, don't teach Sanskrit, or this language or that and who by nature are mono-lingual.
It is only morons who require a Macaulay.
CIP · 636 weeks ago
It's quite possible that the upper classes, at least, would have developed their own English language colleges without Macaulay's influence, but Macaulay's fans credit his influence in establishing the English language schools that allowed even "morons" as you style them to advance.
Arun · 636 weeks ago
CIP · 636 weeks ago
Actually, everything I say comes from my readings, and I think I'm pretty consistent in giving my sources. Your argument here seems to be with Zareer Masani. You might try reading the first couple of pages of the free preview I link to at Amazon - I guarantee that you won't agree with him, but you might critique him from a more informed perspective.
macgupta 81p · 636 weeks ago