Recently, there was a huge controversy regarding the misogynist and sexist comments made by the two lawyers defending the accused in Nirbhaya case. We the people of India were shocked, not only because of the degraded pervert mentality of the rapists and their lawyers but also by the fact that "How could an Educated lawyer say these things ???"
The problem is the way we define "Education". The system of education that we follow today is the Macaulay Education System. It defines education as the number of degrees one has disregarding the skills one possesses. Now, as per this education system, the lawyers who made such derogatory remarks against the women are "Highly Educated and Qualified". But do they possess the right attitude or correct skills ???
Now, who is this Lord Macaulay and how did he contribute to such a mess in India ? Well, he was Secretary to the Board of Control under Lord Grey from 1832 until 1833. After the passing of the Government of India Act 1833, he was appointed as the first Law Member of the Governor-General's Council. He came to India in 1834, and served on the Supreme Council of India between 1834 and 1838. He was a man possessing highest degree of foresight as his plans to make India a Third World country is still getting executed to the perfection.
The aim of Macaulay was to create a class of clerical people who know English. The idea was that these people would perfectly know how to "Obey Orders and not speak up or question them...". This trend of Indians following orders was recently highlighted by Infosys CEO Mr Vishal Sikka. It is not only Mr Sikka, but many other successful entrepreneurs like him who dream of making India a global leader hold similar views. As per this system of education, there are 3 skills which make a man educated - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Skills like Common Sense Application, Holistic Attitude, Problem Solving Skills, Communication Skills, Survival Tactics in Hostile situations, Ability to do R&D take a backseat. After all a glorified English speaking clerk can do without such skills. Besides if an enslaved clerk happens to possess these skills then he might regain his self-esteem and practically use discretion in obeying his master. Besides, if ever the master is overthrown some day in future, the slave will no longer be dependent on him. This was the foresight of the cunning Lord Macaulay. Result is that even after independence in 1947, we have the elite IIT's & IIM's but practically no R&D. This is the result why I am typing my blog on a "Google powered Blogger running on Microsoft Windows 7 on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. The electricity powering my laptop is generated by an Alstom or Hitachi or Cummins turbo-alternator running somewhere thousands of miles away. The huge network of transformers and transmission lines connecting these alternators are again manufactured by Alstom/General Electric and Crompton Greaves respectively". In short, nothing is indigenous and everything is imported from foreign economies.
Now you may be wondering how all of these relates to Nirbhaya case and the lawyers. When skills take a back seat in any education system, the gender stereotyping starts. Cooking, Stitching, Dancing, Singing becomes a typical "Ladkiyon wala" job and Sports, Academics, Being a bread-winner for the family, self defence skills are strictly masculine domain. A dialogue in the movie Chak De India says it all - "Yeh roti belan chalaane waali Bharatiya naariyaan hain... Kahan nicker wicker pehen ke field mein daudengi... ". Now, all of you can clearly relate the statements made by the lawyers and its relation to the Macaulay education system. People possessing high number of degrees, excellent in reading, writing and arithmetic making misogynist, sexist and derogatory remarks ,without applying the common sense that they were born out of the womb of a woman itself.
We complain that the Indian Judiciary runs at a snail pace. Well, this is again a product of the Macaulay system because it does not rely on common sense application. Going by common sense, the Indian Penal Code dates back to 1860. Its aim was to protect the British interests. Anything that was detrimental to British interests attracted heavy or even death penalty. Everything else that did not concern the British Raj was hardly a crime and carried very light or even no penalty. This is the very reason that Waging War Against A Nation charge on Kasab sent him to gallows but Nirbhaya's tormentors, Nithari butchers roam free. Penalty for terrorist activities is death, but for heinous crimes like rape, it is as meager as Rs 5000. This is because, to the British, rape was a social issue and had nothing to do with their infrastructure and exploitative designs in India. Outraging the modesty of a woman or demanding dowry or bride burning was not an act of insubordination by a subjugated slave, so why bother !!
As already mentioned, this bookish education system has made India an import based economy and Indian Rupees gets devalued day by day. We are always under debt from World Bank and IMF. Our defence equipments rely heavily on Russian and other foreign technologies. A nation which is NOT INDEPENDENT in defending itself is as good as subjugated. Due to the debt ridden condition and import based nature of Indian economy, the foreign funded human rights groups, and bodies like UNO and Amnesty International meddle with our internal law and order problems. They shame us on global platform whenever cases like Nirbhaya happen (Rape Problem in India by German Professor). Ironically when the culprits in such cases are awarded death penalty, the same organizations apply international pressure citing humanitarian grounds to release the condemned prisoners. This is proven by the fact that the juvenile in Nirbhaya case was sent to a correction centre rather than to the gallows even though his crime was extremely barbaric even for an adult to commit. This denial of justice makes people take law into their own hands like the recent Dimapur Lynching Case or the Bhagalpur Blinding Case (Gangaajal movie). Even a charismatic Prime Minister like Mr Narendra Modi is helpless when his fellow 1.25 billion Indians fight amongst themselves out of sheer ignorance and king size ego powered by bookish knowledge. Rather than pointing fingers to "Sarkaar" how many times have we realized that the "Sarkaar" is made up of people amongst us ?? If they lack common sense, then so do we. If they are misogynist, so are we. If they have forcefully implemented this slavery based education system, then how many times have we attempted to do something out-of-the-box ???
In the end, it was Macaulay's foresight and his slavery based education system which made us a Third World Country. But after 15th August 1947, it was OUR CHOICE to remain that way.
"Every man is responsible for his own actions... And conversely liable for his own inactions..." Choose your destiny...
The problem is the way we define "Education". The system of education that we follow today is the Macaulay Education System. It defines education as the number of degrees one has disregarding the skills one possesses. Now, as per this education system, the lawyers who made such derogatory remarks against the women are "Highly Educated and Qualified". But do they possess the right attitude or correct skills ???
The aim of Macaulay was to create a class of clerical people who know English. The idea was that these people would perfectly know how to "Obey Orders and not speak up or question them...". This trend of Indians following orders was recently highlighted by Infosys CEO Mr Vishal Sikka. It is not only Mr Sikka, but many other successful entrepreneurs like him who dream of making India a global leader hold similar views. As per this system of education, there are 3 skills which make a man educated - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Skills like Common Sense Application, Holistic Attitude, Problem Solving Skills, Communication Skills, Survival Tactics in Hostile situations, Ability to do R&D take a backseat. After all a glorified English speaking clerk can do without such skills. Besides if an enslaved clerk happens to possess these skills then he might regain his self-esteem and practically use discretion in obeying his master. Besides, if ever the master is overthrown some day in future, the slave will no longer be dependent on him. This was the foresight of the cunning Lord Macaulay. Result is that even after independence in 1947, we have the elite IIT's & IIM's but practically no R&D. This is the result why I am typing my blog on a "Google powered Blogger running on Microsoft Windows 7 on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. The electricity powering my laptop is generated by an Alstom or Hitachi or Cummins turbo-alternator running somewhere thousands of miles away. The huge network of transformers and transmission lines connecting these alternators are again manufactured by Alstom/General Electric and Crompton Greaves respectively". In short, nothing is indigenous and everything is imported from foreign economies.
Now you may be wondering how all of these relates to Nirbhaya case and the lawyers. When skills take a back seat in any education system, the gender stereotyping starts. Cooking, Stitching, Dancing, Singing becomes a typical "Ladkiyon wala" job and Sports, Academics, Being a bread-winner for the family, self defence skills are strictly masculine domain. A dialogue in the movie Chak De India says it all - "Yeh roti belan chalaane waali Bharatiya naariyaan hain... Kahan nicker wicker pehen ke field mein daudengi... ". Now, all of you can clearly relate the statements made by the lawyers and its relation to the Macaulay education system. People possessing high number of degrees, excellent in reading, writing and arithmetic making misogynist, sexist and derogatory remarks ,without applying the common sense that they were born out of the womb of a woman itself.
We complain that the Indian Judiciary runs at a snail pace. Well, this is again a product of the Macaulay system because it does not rely on common sense application. Going by common sense, the Indian Penal Code dates back to 1860. Its aim was to protect the British interests. Anything that was detrimental to British interests attracted heavy or even death penalty. Everything else that did not concern the British Raj was hardly a crime and carried very light or even no penalty. This is the very reason that Waging War Against A Nation charge on Kasab sent him to gallows but Nirbhaya's tormentors, Nithari butchers roam free. Penalty for terrorist activities is death, but for heinous crimes like rape, it is as meager as Rs 5000. This is because, to the British, rape was a social issue and had nothing to do with their infrastructure and exploitative designs in India. Outraging the modesty of a woman or demanding dowry or bride burning was not an act of insubordination by a subjugated slave, so why bother !!
As already mentioned, this bookish education system has made India an import based economy and Indian Rupees gets devalued day by day. We are always under debt from World Bank and IMF. Our defence equipments rely heavily on Russian and other foreign technologies. A nation which is NOT INDEPENDENT in defending itself is as good as subjugated. Due to the debt ridden condition and import based nature of Indian economy, the foreign funded human rights groups, and bodies like UNO and Amnesty International meddle with our internal law and order problems. They shame us on global platform whenever cases like Nirbhaya happen (Rape Problem in India by German Professor). Ironically when the culprits in such cases are awarded death penalty, the same organizations apply international pressure citing humanitarian grounds to release the condemned prisoners. This is proven by the fact that the juvenile in Nirbhaya case was sent to a correction centre rather than to the gallows even though his crime was extremely barbaric even for an adult to commit. This denial of justice makes people take law into their own hands like the recent Dimapur Lynching Case or the Bhagalpur Blinding Case (Gangaajal movie). Even a charismatic Prime Minister like Mr Narendra Modi is helpless when his fellow 1.25 billion Indians fight amongst themselves out of sheer ignorance and king size ego powered by bookish knowledge. Rather than pointing fingers to "Sarkaar" how many times have we realized that the "Sarkaar" is made up of people amongst us ?? If they lack common sense, then so do we. If they are misogynist, so are we. If they have forcefully implemented this slavery based education system, then how many times have we attempted to do something out-of-the-box ???
In the end, it was Macaulay's foresight and his slavery based education system which made us a Third World Country. But after 15th August 1947, it was OUR CHOICE to remain that way.
"Every man is responsible for his own actions... And conversely liable for his own inactions..." Choose your destiny...
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