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The Colonialists were compelled to use universal reason as a means of ruling. However Universal laws of reason always had to be imposed and translated into other terms in order for the natives to understand. The British saw modernity in colonial India as a double, not a copy of the European original. It is true to say there was a sense of superiority on the part of the British as they felt that India could never be expected to produce such breakthroughs as Western Science had achieved in Europe. Nevertheless simply imposing Universal reason was not going to achieve a double of the European original. The British learnt a valuable lesson, the British were dislocated by its functioning as an alien power and was forced to adopt other guises and languages. They had to make complex negotiations in order to establish Science in Colonial India. Science had to be tropicalised, brought down to the level of the natives and even forced upon them.
The British knew that India was ensemble of discrepant traditions and religions; the traditions were diverse and could not be put aside by Western Science. In order to establish itself into India, Western Science had to do more then create a common name and more than just create a double.
They had to dislocate Western Science to another context and translate it into the appropriate idioms. The most difficult part of their task was trafficking between the alien and the indigenous. The rearranging of power relations between the Colonizer and the Colonized had to be considered.
Science pervaded every aspect of Indian life, fields ranged from literature to religion to philosophy. Science and religion in particular spilt over each other.
Science seemed to be significant in all areas especially as a form of power used by the colonizer. .
However now we have identified some of the negotiations that Western Science encountered we can begin to see how they dealt with the situation.