"There was a great change in the Englishmen's attitude towards India between between 1750 and 1818." writes William Thomas. From a general positive view about Indians and their culture, the British attitude shifted to applying the psychology of contempt in all colonial matters.
Not only Macaulay was dismissive about local knowledge and traditions, he also showed utter contempt for Indian subjects. When he had to visit Ooty (from Madras and back) - a distance of 400 miles- to meet Governor Bentick, he decided to travel on the shoulders of Indian men.
"Twelve bearers- six at a time- carried his palanquin down to Ooty (and back to Madras), as he reclined and read Theodore Hook's Love and Pride. Ten porters and and two police officers with swords and badges ran alongside, as the rain came down in torrents."
At Ooty, the unpleasant business of restoring order among his "querulous" subjects compelled Macaulay to make the following remark, "In truth, a race so accustomed to be trampled on by the strong that they always consider humanity a sign of weakness".
Macaulay also wrote about how he felt so uncomfortable when all of his servants were coughing around him while he warmed himself in front of a blazing fire at the Mountain Resort of Ooty.
Also, It was Macaulay, who as a chairpersion of law commission, had prepared the first draft of Indian Panel Code. It was based on the laws of England and incorporating elements of the Napoleonic Code and from Livingstone's Lousiana Civi Code, 1825- all non-Indian sources.
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