Talk:Macaulayism

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 * It could do with a direct quote from Macaulay or his books rather than from a book about him! Hugo999 (talk) 10:16, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

In Edward Carpenter's ""From Adam's Peak to Elephantia" he talks to a Calcutta based school master who ran a local school. "Chundi Churn told me that he started the school on purely native lines and had poor success until he introduced the English curriculum - English History, Science, Euclid, Algebra etc. when he soon got as many boys as he wanted." So it seems to have been a popular decision. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.48.228.52 (talk) 18:33, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

NPOV
At the moment, this article is a one-sided vilification of Macaulay's educational policy (which it calls "mental miscegenation" - what is that even supposed to mean?) from a Hindu nationalist viewpoint. It uses just a couple of very selective quotes from his Minute on Education, and gives a very biased and misleading representation of his argument. The article needs to be rewritten, if indeed it needs to exist at all. -- TinaSparkle (talk) 09:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Hopefully the recent rewrite of the page has addressed this problem sufficiently. Carrite (talk) 01:01, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

The google book result data (Pride of India: A Glimpse Into India's Scientific Heritage) and ucsb.edu lik (MACAULAY'S MINUTE ON INDIAN EDUCATION for date 2ND OF FEBRUARY, 1835) contradict each-other. "Macauley's diplomatic idea to conquer India" sub-section looks biased and needs to have a more suitable title. Or removed from the topic? 115.111.103.2 (talk) 13:03, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Response to Tina Sparkle: not sure what you mean by Hindu nationalist, but there is nothing political in the article. It cites speeches that can be read on the web. Are you saying that Indians aren't entitled to hold opinions and coin terms?Sooku (talk) 04:41, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

The quotes from Macaulay's Minute on Education are (sadly) not by any means unrepresentative of the whole. Read it and see for yourself ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.99.130 (talk) 20:11, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

In Edward Carpenter's "From Adam's Peak to Elephanta" he mentions an incident of what he refers to as Hindu religious irrationalism.

"When my guide first drew my attention to the grand pagoda of a sacred temple he said, adding to his praise of its great beauty, "Yes, and it never casts a shadow, never any shadow".

Of course I did not trouble to argue such a point, and as we were standing at the time on the sunlit side of the building there was certainly no shadow visible there. Presently however - after say half an hour- we got around to the other side, and were actually standing in the shadow when it was actually quite extensive as the sun was completely hidden from us by the pagoda.

I had forgotten all about the matter when the guide said again and with enthusiasm, "And it has no shadow!!" Then seeing my face he repeated "this is not the shadow of the pagoda for that never casts any shadow" - and then he turned for corroboration to an old half-naked brahman standing by, who, of course, repeated the formula - and with an air of mechanical conviction which made me feel at once that further parley would be useless."

I assume it is this kind of thinking that Macaulay was concerned with. Certainly he had a thing about scriptures talking about rivers made of treacle etc. which he considered to be inferior to western materialist philosophy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.48.228.52 (talk) 18:57, 11 October 2021 (UTC)