India's Search for Excellence: A Clash of Ancient, Colonial, and Contemporary Influences.

From: Roeper Review | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Though excellence has been valued in the Indian society since ancient times, its contour has mutated over centuries. The ancient period underlined the excellence of `being' such as felicitous speech, truthfulness, generosity, compassion, sacrifice and service for and to the society more than the excellence of `doing'. It also aimed at cultivating these integral excellences among the majority of the populace. During the two-century colonial period, all ancient knowledge and values were ridiculed and the notion of excellence was hegemonized by a concept, fashioned and honed in the ...

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