Publishing boom in India has opened the floodgates for English writers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh according to the article “Written by Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, but made in India” in Calcutta News Net. With rising middle class, India offers a large and growing market for authors from neighboring countries.
English is the lingua-franca for globalization. If India has to clock 9% annual growth in its GDP, English needs to be central in education of Gen YRI. There will be an increasing demand for multi-lingual speakers by corporate India according to Times of India article “English for Progress”.