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MACAULAY ON RECORD
Macaulay, whose infamous note on Indian scholarship rankles Indian minds to his day, was not highly regarded by his English colleagues. In his biography of Macaulay, Trevelyan quotes Sydney Smith's opinion: 'yes, I agree his return from India. His enemies might perhaps have said before (through I never did so) that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.'
Contributed by dderaj Jha. Jhansi
NOT SO LETHAL
Burglars broke into Banta's house on Diwali night. Gathering courage Banta picked up his son's pistol and shouted, 'Hands up.' The burglars put up their hands. Banta gave them a sound thrashing while holding the gave them a sound trashing while holding the pistol in one hand.
Hearing their cries for mercy Banta's son woke up and ran to help his father. 'Papa, papa, you won't know ho to use this pistol,' he said. 'First fill it with water then press the tiger.'
Contributed by Madan Gupta 'Spatu', Chandigarh
RUN, MOUSE, RUN
A jackal saw a mouse running out of a jungle. He asked him what had transpired to make him run for his life. The mouse replied: 'Sher ki bebe kise nai chher di, aur shak meyery pai ho rahya sai.' (Someone made a pass at the tiger's sister and suspicion has fallen on me.)
Contributed by Rajbir Deswal
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