Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Macaulay's Children are English in Taste
The term Macaulay's Children is used to refer to people born of Indian ancestry who adopt Western culture as a lifestyle, or display attitudes influenced by (British)colonisers. The term is usually used in a derogatory fashion, and the connotation is one of disloyalty to one's country and one's heritage. This frame of mind or attitude is also referred to as Macaulayism.
The passage to which the term refers is from his Minute on Indian Education, delivered in 1835. It reads,
“It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. 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. To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population."
The passage to which the term refers is from his Minute on Indian Education, delivered in 1835. It reads,
“It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. 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. To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population."
Friday, June 13, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Faisal Engagement
Yar Nasir sb. yeh Faisal sb ko aap nay jo mubarik di hai woh to theek hai, laiken aap nay yeh picture sahi nahi ligaye thi. Yar Faisal sb Islami zehen k Jihadi sooch rakhnay walay admi hain.
Happy Engagement Faisal sb.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Sayings
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
- PJ O'Rourke
You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.
- Johann von Neumann
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
- Rita Mae Brown
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
- Ogden Nash
Never knock on Death's door: ring the bell and run away! Death really hates that!
- Matt Frewer
The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.
- Willie Tyler
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
- Paul Valery
Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.
- Arthur Stringer
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
- Laurence J. Peter
Women are like MOON, which looks beautiful from a distance. But if you go closer and closer, more dirty spots will start visible
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Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
- Cullen Hightower
In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes.
- Mogens Jallberg
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
- Kurt Vonnegut
When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.
- Albert Guinon
Women love only two things: 1.Herself 2.Wealth
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?
- Woody Allen
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
- Robert Frost
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
- Steven Wright
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
- Robert Copeland
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
- Doug Larson
There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
- Stephen Colbert
Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
- Claud Cockburn
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- PJ O'Rourke
You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.
- Johann von Neumann
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
- Rita Mae Brown
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
- Ogden Nash
Never knock on Death's door: ring the bell and run away! Death really hates that!
- Matt Frewer
The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.
- Willie Tyler
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
- Paul Valery
Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.
- Arthur Stringer
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
- Laurence J. Peter
Women are like MOON, which looks beautiful from a distance. But if you go closer and closer, more dirty spots will start visible
-
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
- Cullen Hightower
In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes.
- Mogens Jallberg
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
- Kurt Vonnegut
When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.
- Albert Guinon
Women love only two things: 1.Herself 2.Wealth
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?
- Woody Allen
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.
- Robert Anton Wilson
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
- Robert Frost
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
- Steven Wright
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
- Robert Copeland
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
- Doug Larson
There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
- Stephen Colbert
Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
- Claud Cockburn
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
-
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Don't marry software girl
Don't marry software girl
Never marry a Testing girl since she always doubts U.
Never marry a DATABASE girl since she always wants her husband to be a UNIQUE key.
Never marry a C girl because she always have a tendency to BREAK the things and EXIT from house.
Never marry a C++ girl as u may encounter some problems in INHERITANCE.
Never marry a JAVA girl since she always throws EXCEPTIONS.
Never marry a VB girl since she has divorce FORM with her always.
Never marry a UNIX girl, she always dump u with a core.
Never marry a PASCAL girl, she always scolds u as rascal.
Never marry a COBOL girl since she may be very good in DIVISION of families.
Never marry a NETWORK girl since she may be very good in shooting troubles.
Better marry a girl NOT belonging to SOFTWARE FAMILY
MARRY A GIRL FROM A "HARD"WARE FAMILY, THEN........ .
Never marry a Testing girl since she always doubts U.
Never marry a DATABASE girl since she always wants her husband to be a UNIQUE key.
Never marry a C girl because she always have a tendency to BREAK the things and EXIT from house.
Never marry a C++ girl as u may encounter some problems in INHERITANCE.
Never marry a JAVA girl since she always throws EXCEPTIONS.
Never marry a VB girl since she has divorce FORM with her always.
Never marry a UNIX girl, she always dump u with a core.
Never marry a PASCAL girl, she always scolds u as rascal.
Never marry a COBOL girl since she may be very good in DIVISION of families.
Never marry a NETWORK girl since she may be very good in shooting troubles.
Better marry a girl NOT belonging to SOFTWARE FAMILY
MARRY A GIRL FROM A "HARD"WARE FAMILY, THEN........ .
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