Archive · 2 Dec 2025
Modi Calls to Shed Slavish Mentality
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a speech where he talked about how India needs to stop feeling inferior and start being proud of its own culture and languages.
He said that a long time ago, a British official named Thomas Babington Macaulay made Indians feel that their own things were not good enough.
Modi wants India to change this feeling and be confident in its own heritage.
He gave examples of countries like Japan, China, and Korea, which kept their languages while still learning from other countries.
Modi is not against English but wants India to value its regional languages more.
He believes that by 2035, India should have overcome this 'slavish mentality' and be proud of its own achievements.
PM Modi called to shed 'slavish mentality' by 2035 during the Ramnath Goenka Lecture on November 17.
He criticized Thomas Babington Macaulay for destroying the Indian education system and creating an inferiority complex.
Modi emphasized the need to restore pride in India's heritage and languages.
He gave examples of Japan, China, and Korea, which kept their languages while learning from other countries.
Modi is not against English but wants India to value its regional languages more.
- Who
- Narendra Modi
- What
- Called to shed slavish mentality by 2035
- When
- November 17
- Where
- Ramnath Goenka Lecture
- Why
- To restore pride in India's heritage and languages
- Speaker
- Narendra Modi
- Event
- Ramnath Goenka Lecture
- Date
- November 17
- Topic
- Slavish Mentality and Macaulay's Legacy
- Mission
- Restore pride in India's heritage and languages by 2035
- Criticism
- Macaulay's destruction of Indian education system
- Example Countries
- Japan, China, Korea
