Hi, interested to know, what do you think of Dr.Manmohan Singh's Oxford speach regarding the British Rule in India.
The controversy is that Dr.Singh had praised the Raj stating that the British Rule had helped India.Do you agree with this view? I do. Share your thoughts with me.
3 comments:
Thanks Aparna,i agree with you.the best examples of your comments are the Rashtrapathi Bhavan and the Indian Civil Service.Not to mention the Railways and Telegraph.But the greatest contribution has to the English Language.The language has played a cruicial role in India emerging as one of the world super power.The South American Continent is generally referred to as the Latin America because of they speak the latin languages like Spanish,Portuguese etc.How come the South American continent speaks European languages? This is so because the Iberian colonists (mainly Spain & Portugal)destroyed their local languages (remember S.America is the land of the Mayan Civilization).Again Britain left the local languages unharmed. Now there are almost 847 languages in India.It must again be remembered that it required the British to ban the evil practices like Sati.
Reading my post can create doubht in one's mind whether i was against India being a soverign Republic.The answer is no.But i strongly feel that it is the British rule that modernized India and I am proved right by the fact that India readily and happily joined the Commonwealth as soon as it was created.
I am expecting a serious debate on the isuue.Please cooperate and contribute.
Shyam
Thanks Aparna,i agree with you.the best examples of your comments are the Rashtrapathi Bhavan and the Indian Civil Service.Not to mention the Railways and Telegraph.But the greatest contribution has to the English Language.The language has played a cruicial role in India emerging as one of the world super power.The South American Continent is generally referred to as the Latin America because of they speak the latin languages like Spanish,Portuguese etc.How come the South American continent speaks European languages? This is so because the Iberian colonists (mainly Spain & Portugal)destroyed their local languages (remember S.America is the land of the Mayan Civilization).Again Britain left the local languages unharmed. Now there are almost 847 languages in India.It must again be remembered that it required the British to ban the evil practices like Sati.
Reading my post can create doubht in one's mind whether i was against India being a soverign Republic.The answer is no.But i strongly feel that it is the British rule that modernized India and I am proved right by the fact that India readily and happily joined the Commonwealth as soon as it was created.
I am expecting a serious debate on the isuue.Please cooperate and contribute.
Shyam
Hello friends,
i thank you all for your responses.mash,i never spoke of culture.but if my language created any sort of ambiguity, i render my sincere apologies.again one more misunderstanding remains.it seems ideapot thinks i am an admirer of the raj and to admit that british rule had done something positive in this country is not forgetting the sacrifices of the freedom fighters.ideapot and mash,just think how would the rajasthanis os the marathis treat indian medieval history?
the cbse history text books glorifies mughal rule in india.can rajaputs (sangram singh fought with babur & pratap fought with akbar)disclaim the positive influence of mughal rule in india.can shivaji's marathwada disclaim the contributions of the mughals.similarly should we treat tippu sultan as a hero or as a villain.he should be adored for being a scholar but remember his army reached as far as travancore and thanks to the monsoon season and lord sreepadmanabha's grace,he couldn't lay hands on it.so my point is history always prove that might is right.it was proved right by the greeks,the romans,the turks and the english.
i am confident the first words that you speak of the Napolean and Alexander are'what a great person' and not 'what a cruel man'.
Regarding language controversy,mash,i am not convinced of your stand on latin america? i am neither sure of the british making english the indian official language.but i haven't heard of any language being extinct as a result of british rule.the official languages of most of S.America is either spanish or portuguese.whether the british know any other language other than english is none of my concern.i know atleast one world language is because the british introduced the english language in india.
if i felt encouraged by the british buildings then does that mean i am not interested in indian architecture.eventhough i doubht whether taj mahal belongs to the latter category,i must admit ideapot has made an excellent point.not disputing her stand but to the information of the members, during the reign of Shahjahan (considered as the golden period of indian architecture),it was common to find people turning into cannibals because they had no food to eat.
Again ideapot you aspire to be a civil servant.would like to know what made you interested in civil service?
Chanakya lived in between 350-250 b.c.The region where he lived is now called BIHAR.Eventhough the british believed in the white man's burden,they are always appreciated real talent(eg, gandhi,nehru,vivekananda,sri ramakrishna,aurbindo,sir c.p.,sir c.v raman,jagadishchandra bose,sir rabindranath tagore etc).
would love to add Aristole was the contemporary of chanakya(this point is not for the sake of debate but to provide an information).
if india joined the commonwealth only because india was large hearted,then the commonwealth would have only britain and india as its members.
i hope the debate would continue.also interested to know what do you feel of Guts & Glory's new avatar.
Shyam S.
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