With reference to "The soft skills trap" (May 3) by Ajit Balakrishnan, the concept of soft skills and English language is being wrongly clubbed with critical thinking and analytical reasoning. What is lacking is critical thinking and analytical reasoning. English skills can come way after that. As Vinod Khosla says, the ability to read and decipher a full edition of The Economist is more important than the ability to speak English. Communication matters, not language. This problem isn't confined to engineering colleges, but extends to business education. MBA education the world over has serious limitations. In India, thanks to the shortage of faculty, it is even more acute.
Arun Bharadwaj by email
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