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Every one have fallen prey to ‘yes culture' Chandrashekara Kambara

Mysuru, Jan 19 (UNI) Janapita awardee and Kendra Sahitya Academy Chairman Chandrashekara Kambara regretted that Indians have fallen prey to “yes culture” which has unfortunately continued as emulation of western culture nowadays.
Speaking after inaugurating a two-day 'S L Byrappa Sahityaotsava' here on Saturday, about the government’s decision to introduce English medium in government primary schools, he said that in 1835 the then British viceroy lord Macaulay constituted committee on the model of education that India needed. The committee had eight members which included four Britishers and four Indians among the four was Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who advocated that India needed British model of education, Macaulay heeding to Roy’s observations decided on introducing English modal of education in the country.
Bemoaning that ‘yes culture “has made us lose our pride and identity, he said that many great writers such as Rabindranath Tagore have written about a feeling of inferiority complex among Indians.
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