English is described as a window on the rapid progress of technology and science. It has been described as the pipeline for the stream of knowledge in all branches of learning. The Radhakrishnan University Education Commission observes "English is a language which is rich in literature, humanistic, scientific and technical". If under sentimental urges people should give up English, they would cut themselves off from the living stream of ever growing knowledge. Unable to have access to this knowledge their standard of scholarship would fast deteriorate and their participation in the world movement of thought would become negligible. Its effects would be disastrous for their political life, for living nations must move with the times and must respond quickly to the challenges of their surroundings. English is the only means of preventing people's isolation from the world and they will act unwisely if they allow themselves to be enveloped in the folds of dark curtain of ignorance. Their students who are undergoing training at schools which will admit them either to university or vocation must acquire sufficient mastery of English to give them access to the treasures of knowledge, and in the universities no student must be allowed to take a degree who does not acquire the ability to read with facility and understanding works of English authors. F.G. French says, "Anyone who can read English can keep in touch with the whole world without leaving his own home," Nehru said that English was India's major window on the modern world. English is a common, social and cultural link among various States of India. It is a major trade link language with the outside world.
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