Globalization has resulted in more business and cultural contacts among different nations.
This also means that in many ways people around the world are becoming more and more
similar. This situation has both pros and cons which I shall discuss in the following
paragraphs.
There are many benefits of globalisation. To begin with there are more jobs because of
globalisation. Multinational companies have opened in many parts of the world providing
jobs to thousands of people. Secondly, there is more efficient trade between different
countries around the globe thereby improving the economies of developing countries.
People have more opportunities to travel and therefore have awareness of other cultures.
What is more, today people have more choices of products because of globalisation.
There are also many reasons why people say that national identities are being lost. We eat
the same food, watch the same TV programmes, listen to the same music and wear the
same clothes. People have also started speaking one language, English, in many parts of the
world. In fact, English has become the lingua franca today.
However, I feel that this is a very narrow definition of national identities and nations are as
different as they were ever in the past. Cultural identity is based on far more than just the
films we watch or the clothes we wear. For example, take my own culture of India and
compare it to the west. We may wear any clothes, but we never take the names of elders
and call them with respect. In the west, it is quite OK to call anyone by name. In fact, they
appreciate it more. I believe that after knowing about other cultures, we learn to respect
our culture even more. So, some very deep rooted national identities will always be there.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that there are more advantages of increasing trade
and cultural contact among nations. Whatever similarities we see today are only on the
surface. Total loss of national identities can never take place.
Globalization has resulted in more business and cultural contacts among
different
nations.
This
also
means that in
many
ways
people
around the world are becoming more and more
similar. This situation has both pros and cons which I shall discuss in the following
paragraphs.
There are
many
benefits of
globalisation
. To
begin
with there are more jobs
because
of
globalisation
. Multinational
companies
have opened in
many
parts of the world providing
jobs to thousands of
people
.
Secondly
, there is more efficient trade between
different
countries around the globe thereby improving the economies of
developing countries
.
People
have more opportunities to travel and
therefore
have awareness of other cultures.
What is more
,
today
people
have more choices of products
because
of
globalisation
.
There are
also
many
reasons why
people
say that
national
identities
are
being lost
. We eat
the same food,
watch
the same TV
programmes
, listen to the same music and wear the
same clothes.
People
have
also
started
speaking one language, English, in
many
parts of the
world. In fact, English has become the lingua franca
today
.
However
, I feel that this is a
very
narrow definition of
national
identities
and nations are as
different
as they were ever in the past. Cultural
identity
is based
on far more than
just
the
films we
watch
or the clothes we wear.
For example
, take my
own
culture of India and
compare it to the west. We may wear any clothes,
but
we never take the names of elders
and call them with respect. In the west, it is quite OK to call anyone by name. In fact, they
appreciate it more. I believe that after knowing about other cultures, we learn to respect
our culture even more.
So
,
some
very
deep rooted
national
identities
will always be there.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that there are more advantages of increasing trade
and cultural contact among nations. Whatever similarities we
see
today
are
only
on the
surface. Total loss of
national
identities
can never take place.