The English question

The book cogently examines the politics over language in a global context

Can a country sideline her native language to encourage teaching in a non-native/ “foreign” language because the latter helps develop her “international” image? Why are nations where English is not the first language increasingly offering or teaching courses in English? Should one ignore their mother tongue for better employment opportunities? Or, if one must get back to the basics, is language related to a nation’s identity? Should it be related, or become its defining characteristic? What happens to those countries that are inherently multilingual such as India, where the current government’s agenda is to impose Hindi as a national language?