On Saturday 03 May 2008 6:08:55 am ss wrote: > This is not just a problem of the Chinese language,
Replying to my own post. As a long term strategy, India really should be investing a lot more in the study of Chinese and some other languages - especially Spanish (which should easy) I believe that in 50 to 100 years time, English as a dominant language - the language of power and money will have passed its prime. India's current advantages are purely the accidental result of having the right language at the right time. Even today there is no widespread effort to translate major scientific work into Indian languages, and there is no need, because everything is available in English which is fine. Some time down the line "major scientific works" are likely to come increasingly in other languages - and I am betting on Chinese as being one of them. India (and other nations) need to start setting up the infrastructure to learn and communicate with the Chinese people. However - I admit that the English speaking world will have one saving grace - an India that is hooked to English. just my thoughts shiv
