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.