ABSTRACT
The Departments of English in the universities have of late been in flux, striving to relate English studies meaningfully to the Indian context, moving first to non-British literatures then to 'theory' and then to what is now called 'culture studies'. A realization of the need to disseminate 'culture' right down to the 'populace' was in fact the original impulse for introducing English literature even in England. The English language is evolving from its status as the language of one empire among others to its current position as the only fully globalized language. Scholars have agreed that this poses a threat to the other cultures and the local languages. More importantly, this policy assumed that India has no worthy knowledge or 'culture' that deserved to be preserved or maintained. As of today a large mass of Indian people are becoming or have become adherents and admirers of Western culture.
