Did I completely mess up this Macaulay thing?

[Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>]

Prof. of Economics, Romesh Diwan sent me a note [regarding his writeup I
forwarded to the list a while ago] - but I don't quite understand why he
says that my comments were totally unrelated to his views: was I talking
completely at a tangent?

This is what the Prof. wrote to me:
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From: Romesh Diwan <diwanr@rpi.edu>

Dear Mr. Sanjeev Sbhlok,
    Nameste. Many thanks for sending me this mail and your comments that
don't relate to my piece appended alongwith your mail.
    I am sorry I will not be able to participate in your discussions/debate.
My schedule is very full for the next 6 months.
    Thanks again for your kind invitation . With kind regards. romesh

This is what the Prof wrote in his piece:
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>    Macaulyite elite have maintained India's colonized status by underscoring
>its weaknesses and attributing it to nationalism and Hindu past; never
>mentioning the intervening period of 1,000 years of exploitation. Because of
>their servitude every thing desirable is videshi[foreign] and due to their
>alienation, there is nothing valuable in swadeshi. They have achieved this by
>promoting two major myths: India needs "superior" Western (a) technology, and
>(b) economic institutions because it can't produce it. Given these myths, their
>role becomes important, as in the colonial days; and they get the crumbs.The
>explosion of nuclear devices has debunked both these myths"
>
>    In the last analysis, the major source of exploitation lies deeply into the
>ideology of science, tehcnology and consumerism  which provide the intellectual
>and propagandist base for poverty and suffering generating policies that these
>elites follow. Globalization makes these policies all the more onerous.

Please anyone let me know what did I misread when I made those comments
about this problem that some Indians have with "Western" technology and
this repeated raising of dead ghosts (Macaulay).

SS