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Sir James Jeans in his essay “The Dying Sun” highlights the mysteries of universe and says that, this universe frightens us due to immense distances from one planet to another.

But bygones are those days of uncertainty, insecurity and unawareness. Now through one click on your desktop, you can cross all the boundaries of knowledge. But the burning dilemma is when the whole world has shrunk into global village due to Information Technology, can we call it a positive or negative trend.

To find out the question, let us be nostalgic for few moments and recall the grim and gloomy era of colonialism. The aftermaths of that sophisticated autocracy were shattering multi-colonial experience, split culture, split personalities and national schizophrenia for many slave nations. Those unfortunate nations could not resist against temptation of westernization and lost their identity. In recent paradigm of globalization, different nations are losing their origins. They can’t bifurcate in three very absurd, bizarre and ambiguous notions i.e westernization, modernization and globalization. Due to cheap labour, abundant natural resources and gigantic markets, different multi-national companies are targeting third world countries with enormous investments and quality products. While indigenous companies and organizations are being sacked due to cut-throat competiotion.Moral degradation is one of the byproducts of this phenomenon. Countries that falls in lower-stratum of income are suffering most as their youth is facing a dichotomy i.e. easily accessible pornographic web-sites on internet while a suffocated, suppressed and confused bourgeois outside. It incites them towards devilish and nefarious motives

On the optimistic side of picture, globalization is also promoting healthy competition, interaction, cultural exchange and it can eradicate clash of civilization. Especially in this era of intolerance, religious fanaticism, ethnical difference, crisis of identity; it can be really helpful in clearing misconceptions and misunderstandings. The only constant object in this universe is change i.e. inevitable. We can’t stop it but we can channelize it.

As China conceived modernization and globalization without leaving their traditional taboos and original culture. As it is said nothing is good or bad, only its usage makes it so.