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But the essay is also noteworthy for a commendable insight: Mill’s admission of how little English authorities actually knew about India. He makes his remark on the last page of the essay, where he expresses concern over the East India Company’s actions in India, and calls for a ‘much more profound study of Indian experience, and of the conditions of Indian government, than either English politicians, or those who supply the English public with opinions, have hitherto shown any willingness to undertake.’ This statement is remarkable for a number of reasons, not least the fact that __the foremost authority on India for much of Mill’s life was his father James, who published a history of India in 1817 that was widely hailed as the definitive history of the continent, and which secured James a position as a senior manager in the East India Company.__
The Unknowers
Linsey McGoey
Nothing was politically more important than the initiation of the educated Indian into the Englishman’s perception of the Indian masses. Both the descriptive and the diagnostic aspects of this perception were important. The descriptive aspect showed the masses as faceless millions, steeped in a poverty of their own making, superstitious and ignorant. The diagnostic aspect pointed out that education and moral upliftment alone could help the masses. Together, the two aspects endowed upon the educated native a deeply satisfying sense of intellectual and moral superiority over the illiterate masses, very similar to the superiority the colonizer felt towards Indian society as a whole.
Political Agenda of Education
Krishna Kumar
When they translate plans into action, executives need to pay particular attention to decision-making, communication, opportunities (as opposed to problems), and meetings.
The Effective Executive
Peter F. Drucker
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