1. English communication increases income

Yes. All good jobs need good English communication skills. Business requires you to be able to talk to clients in English.

In a global market place, you can reach more customers if you can speak their language. You can source better and cheaper raw material if you can communicate with a supplier from a far off place who doesn’t know your language.

2. English skills get more respect

It is weird but true. We in India give more respect to those who speak in English. I don’t know the reason and I don’t like this but that’s not important.

What’s important is: a) speak good English to earn more respect, and, b) if you feel strongly about it, treat those with and without good English speaking skills with equal respect.

Judge people on their inner worth, not the language they speak. But, till the time everyone begins doing it, learn English so that you are not judged unfairly.

3. English makes travel easier

English is the most widely spoken language all over the world. If you know the language, you have an open window to most of the countries in the world. That’s a big advantage unless your goal in life is to remain within 40 kilometres of where you were born throughout your life.

4. English communication gives power & influence

Knowledge is in English, knowledge is power and you need power to fight for yourself. Most of the modern day knowledge and communication tools work in English:

• Courts, law books, websites – most of them work in English.
• Social media works in English.
• Mainstream media has a majorly influential English segment.

If you don’t know the language, you are denying yourself more than half the weapons.

5. English helps the world know our culture

This is important.

The world today is not about forcing people, it’s about convincing them. It’s called soft power.

With our 5,000 year old culture, why should we be defensive and behave like frogs in a well?

Why not study the culture and present it in front of the world in the best possible way?

Didn’t Vivekanand do that? Didn’t he do it in English? Isn’t he one of the brightest torch bearers of our glorious culture?