<p>If anyone on this board is from India, what language do they teach in in the big universities of India? I would guess it could be English because otherwise it wouldn't be fair to people whose native language isn't Hindi. If people are so good in English that they're studying in English then why would they speak to you in Hindi at a business meeting?</p>
<p>Currently it is Japanese and German, but that will change in the upcoming decdes to Chinese and Hindi, two countries on the rise in the 21st century.</p>
<p>Honestly you don't need to learn hindi because if you are doing business with someone legit, they will probably know english and if you think that knowing hindi will give you an advantage, 99 times out of a 100 it won't, but instead work on other advantages with which you were born with. I, for example really track the markets in turkey, because I am turkish and I know the country really well and I could actually see myself doing business there later on in my life because I would have the contacts and resources. You guys should go out and exploit your natural born advantages too LOL.</p>
<p>My Indian friend (who came to US last summer...) is telling me that Hindi is useless........</p>
<p>india doesnot use hindi in the work place.
My cousin works in India and english is the language used because atleast 70% of those people's first language isnot Hindi.</p>
<p>so its MANDARIN and ENGLISH, a couple of decades from now. i guess.</p>
<p>This thread should probably be closed since I dont think we have come to a common consensus and the same thing gets said again and again..It all depends on the individual and what the said individual's plans are...</p>
<p>Well ,personally I would think Mandrin is quite important in the long run. China is rapidly growing, and it is a gd opportunity to learn mandrin and be able to tap into China's market. In fact, there are a lot of people(well, mainly chinese people) in Asia, like taiwan, hong kong, Singapore, Malaysia, etc who are learning that language. However, I tink there is a misconception in this thread that Cantonese is a language. Actually, it is more to a dialect than a language. Most of hong kongers and Guang zhou people speak Cantonese but when they read, they are actually reading chinese characters.</p>