A century ago, Lord Macaulay had expressed a fine desire on observing us: “We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect.” Macaulay’s farsightedness must be commended, for why else should the resolve of 1833 take the form that it has today in India, and particularly in West Bengal? It is not only in economic matters that we have been deprived of our rights, but we are also paying for our sins by depending on others to assist us and tell us what is to be done. The prowess we have demonstrated in imitating the behaviour and the attire of the ruling race can make the people of other provinces serve as our apprentices for years to come. When the first Bengali barrister at the high court began his practice, he took up residence in the Chowringhee area, which can be described as the West End of Calcutta. His drawing room was done up in the English manner, and in his customs and manners, he soon...
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