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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A whole chapter of Panchatantra is about overcoming by deceit and Hitopadesa is equally objectionable.
One of the most beneficial effects of English education in India is, that it is creating a higher standard of truthfulness.
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The Indian Mirror says that a Bengali "never makes an engagement in the sense which an Englishman attaches to the word. He does not feel that his engagement impose upon him any moral obligations which he is bound to fulfil as a gentaleman. If he says, 'I will go' he means, 'I may or may not go' There is another form of untruthfulness to which attention should be drawn.
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Under Native rule in India, bribery was almost universal. Government salaries were low and ofter paid irregularly. At present , the allowances are sufficiant to enable officers to live upon their pay without having recourse to dishonest practices. <!--emo&
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I am not sure why Romilla Thappar missed above from her history chapter. I hope West Bengal communist government will add above in state and NCERT books.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A whole chapter of Panchatantra is about overcoming by deceit and Hitopadesa is equally objectionable.
One of the most beneficial effects of English education in India is, that it is creating a higher standard of truthfulness.
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The Indian Mirror says that a Bengali "never makes an engagement in the sense which an Englishman attaches to the word. He does not feel that his engagement impose upon him any moral obligations which he is bound to fulfil as a gentaleman. If he says, 'I will go' he means, 'I may or may not go' There is another form of untruthfulness to which attention should be drawn.
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page 125
Under Native rule in India, bribery was almost universal. Government salaries were low and ofter paid irregularly. At present , the allowances are sufficiant to enable officers to live upon their pay without having recourse to dishonest practices. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I am not sure why Romilla Thappar missed above from her history chapter. I hope West Bengal communist government will add above in state and NCERT books.
