Lord Macaulay's Letter to the British Parliament on 2 Feb, 1835:

I have travelled 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.


Has he succeeded? Ponder yourself!

What is the difference between the west and east?

The following was said in an RSS meeting by Shanmuganathanji more than 2 decades back and narrated to me by Dr Karmalkar recently.

Whom do the west regard as superman and what are his attributes?
A man who wears a cape fully covered. A man of steel who can perform feats and do the impossible. One who can lift anything, walk through fire and has superhuman strength.

And what does that mean in India?
The word grossly translates to Mahavira - One who is exactly opposite. Doesn't wear any clothes and one who has conquered the mind.

This is the difference. The indian concept refers to one who has conquered the mind and the western ideology refers to one who has conquered everything else.