Mind Your Language

I was lying on my bed and lazily surfing through the channels. It was NDTV and [as usual :-)] a chat show was going on. This one involved school children who were discussing topics in current affairs. They were all by themselves with no anchor around. What caught my attention is they were chatting on topics like bureaucracy, democracy, judiciary and the words they used were no mean. Mind you, it was not cosmetic words with no meaning but meaningful comments made with impressive fluency. It made a big impact on me. This is how good communication can help you. English communication means a lot in new economy industries. If you are from IT industry and have good vocabulary skills, or lack of it, then you know what I mean. If you are technically good, you are on board, but if are technically good and have excellent communication then you are most sought after and can thrive here. I am very new to IT but still can see the advantage it offers to you.

Currently IT is the only industry which is generating jobs with good salary in India and it demands fluency in English. What is boon to the urban class here is turning out to be a distance reach in rural areas. I grew up in metropolitan Chennai but my roots lie in village south of Madurai. I can clearly see the difficulty faced by students from my village to get a break in this industry. Lack of communication makes a job in software industry a distance dream for them. But, one small * condition for this observation: If you are big mouthed and empty minded, technical jargons may not help you for too long. Soon people will realize you are just gassssss ....