English - Bane or Boon?
English language is vehemently opposed by many politicians, regional language supporting intellectuals, and the like for their own reasons, whims and fancies. Who are these to decide things for the citizen? It is citizens' prerogative. These outsiders do not have any say in the decision of which language one has to learn or through which language medium one must learn. The citizen will take a decision depending on his likes, job-fetching chances and the like. These intellectuals and politicians - the champions of regional languages, and opponents of English language should answer one question: How many of their children and grand children are studying in English medium schools? How many of them are studying in regional language medium schools? Why are they forcing innocent citizens to study through regional language medium and lose their chances of getting decent jobs? English language is an international language. It may be the language of the Britishers who colonized us. ...