In his powerful deposition before the Hunter Commission in 1881, Jyotirao Phule urged the British government to open its eyes to a 'pernicious system of high-class education.'
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We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.
And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.