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Abdul Kalam

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

Abdul Kalam

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Abdul Kalam is saying that right now, scientific research is mostly published in English, so knowing English is important to access this knowledge. However, he predicts that in about twenty years, original scientific work will be created in other languages, allowing those cultures to develop science in their own languages, similar to what Japan has done.

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