Question

Chapter:Civilising the native, educating the nation
Give reasons:
(a) Indians need to be civilized.

Answer 1

According to him, India was an uncivilized country and needed to be civilized. No branch of Eastern knowledge could be compared to what England had produced. Macaulay declared that “Who could deny that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of Indian and Arabia”.

Answer 2

Explanation:

As Mandela says he was 'simply the sum of all African patriots,' he means he can connect with the unparalleled sacrifices of all those noble and brave men who have fought for African people's collective liberty. He was pained not being able to thank them, and not being able to see what their efforts had done