Modi Vs Macaulay: English education boon or bane? Big debate on Rajdeep Sardesai's show

The big talking point of this episode of News Today is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attack on Thomas Macaulay, the 19th century British historian and politician, who is widely seen to have pushed English language education in India. 

PM Modi said, "In 1835, British Parliamentarian Thomas Babington Macaulay launched a major campaign to uproot India from its own roots. He declared that he would create Indians who would appear Indian but think like the British." 

Prime Minister Modi said Macaulay created a colonial mindset of slavery that India needs to shed now. While others said English education, in fact, brought modern values to an ancient civilisation. So, Modi Vs Macaulay: English education a boon or a bane for India? Watch as experts discuss this and more on the show.