Globalization vs. Nationalism

Hello friends. At first let me tell you what globalization is? Globalization is a platform where many nations come together and share their ideas, views, represent their values and ethics, have trade and business, share and gain knowledge. Globalization is not only important but it is the need of time especially for developing countries such as India.

On the other hand, nationalism is the feeling what we feel for our nation, culture and values. If we don't have this feeling of nationalism then how can we represent our nation globally. Hence, these two are different but related terms.

Globalisation is like an adhesive to bring together the idea's, technology, design techniques, entertainment sector and the culture of all the nations and share on a common platform so that the world can make use of these global resources as well as give their viewpoint on the same. It is the creation of a global economy the creation of a global culture.

There are lot of examples of globalization in various sector's:

Be it the entertainment field where a film like " Slumdog millionaire ", music director " A.R Rahman" and actress of Indian origin " Freida Pinto " receives the oscar award for their outstanding and magnificent performance. And the entire nation stood united to applaud these achievements.

Be it the Business sector where the world famous food chain brand McDonald's has so much potential that it operates 30000 restaurants in 119 countries around the world and it opens a new restaurant every three hour, and is located on every continent except Antarctica employing three million people worldwide.

While Nationalism is the feeling of love, respect and gratitude towards our nation, culture, ethics and values.

And in my viewpoint both nationalism and globalisation go side by side because any individual, group or community or any business firm in any nation with feeling of nationalism would definitely love to make their nation stand strong along with the leading nations of the world and for that they need to promote their culture, traditions, technologies and their values on a global platform as well as accept the global culture, thoughts, values, ideas and technology open heartedly, without forgetting their own values.

So promote your nation as well as accept other nations to make the the two things go along together.

Hi friends.

As everything has some bad effects, Globalization is not an exception. As far as economic development is concerned globalization is very important for developing countries. Investment of large amount of capital by foreign companies, new ideas, advance technology are the gift of globalization. If the small companies of a country adopt the new ideas, if they take the advantage of new technologies then it will help to improve and grow their business and one day they will be able to compete with the foreign companies which ultimately will help a country to grow.

Globalization also help us to know about the culture of other countries. We can introduce our culture in a global stage through it. But in India we are neglecting our own culture and are adopting the bad things of western culture. Without giving respect to our own value and culture, we cannot represent our country in a global stage. It is true for other countries also. Here is the importance of nationalism. So a proper balance between globalization and nationalism is needed for becoming a developed one from a developing country.

I think globalization is necessary for every country. It can be understood with an example like ayurveda was discovered in India and now the whole world is taking benefits from it, thats globalisation. That is how a developing country becomes a developed one by using technologies of other countries and spreading its technology to the world. Though nationalism is not an enemy of globalisation but how long can you stick to your old customs, sooner or later we have to get over it and get globalized.

Hi Friends, Today our topic of discussion is globalization Vs. Nationalism. According to me both play a major role in their field. In field of science, Education, Knowledge and business globalization is required because with help of globalization we can express our views in front of other and we can explore ourselves. We feel like a one world is like one country. We help others and get help from others in necessity times. In same way nationalism is necessary in field of our culture. We should proud on our culture. We should not ashamed in front of others be Indian. Because India is the only country where more than 25 languages exist in a single country. Instead of lots of languages are there lots of different type of people are living here still we are Indians live like a single family and India is our Family.

Hello friends.

I think globalization and nationalism are two different facts and both are inevitable. Globalization is now not only confined to the areas of business, economy but are also extended to the field of entertainment, education etc.

Considering the case of Slum dog Millionaire, the casting crews clearly speaks about the globalization. Further now, we often use books, journals of authors outside the nation, not that our country's author are not efficient, but we need to have others views also. In each and every field globalization is important, in order to keep our nation abreast from others. Globalization doesn't discourage nationalism. Moreover, sharing a common platform for sharing views and other things will bring a sense of humanity. And Nationalism is the love towards our nation and for the betterment of our nation.

As per my opinion, globalisation is not a choice but a need to walk along with other countries and nation. This era is completely based on technologies and if we don't make a good connections with rest of the world we can be thrown backward.

Also, I don't oppose nationalism as we are doing globalisation also for the our country and nationalism is above all of it if we haven't shown nationalism during our independence fight we have no nation.

I think both Globalisation and Nationalism are required for the progress and development of a country. With globalization, we can get up to date with the latest technologies, keep our pace matching with that of other countries and at the same time maintain healthy relations with other countries. We never know we might need anyone at the time of distress.

The very idea of nationalism, when linked with Globalisation, is when you get inspired by the technologies and develop your own model so that other countries appreciate it and trade with it. It's not about taking aid from other countries but it's about following the principle of "Aid and Trade". Nationalism comes when you stay in your country and contribute your brain in the progress of the country and take your nation to a higher level and not leave your country in search of opportunities. It's about giving back to the country that created you.

Like every coin has two sides, We need Globalization as well as Nationalism to develop without losing our culture. Globalization is needed to develop in field like Science, Art, Economy etc. It benefits us by generating many types of revenues, new Technology, Fashion.

On other hand, Some times Globalization differs us from our culture, our way of living, dressing. It fade our identity as an Indian and then we shy to say we are Indian.

In my point of view, globalization and nationalism both are equally important.

India would never have developed at such a rate without globalization. Globalization helps in sharing knowledge, culture, ideas, trends with the world. Many Indian companies are enjoying the benefit of global market too. Better technologies, increased tourism, increased exposure is the advantage we are enjoying. Globalization doesn't mean disrespecting our nation. We should be equally proud of our nations culture, its diversity, its people and language, its assets.

Thank you.