Indian youth had never had it so good. With over 50% share in the population, youth is being venerated day in & day out…paens are being sung by all & sundry…the media is going ga..ga over them, films are being made targeting youth & what not. In some cases, youth are even getting prominence at the cost of other groups. The entry of 79 MPs below 40 years of age is being heralded as a watershed moment in India’s parliamentary history. Anyone who doesn’t fit into the `youth’ category must be feeling completely out of place, as if (s)he has committed a sin by not being young! But why are we celebrating youth? What’s so special about this group…what have they done?? Why do we speak so highly of them??? It’s time we understood this stuff. `Youth’ in my view, is synonymous with a deep & never ending yearning for positive change, an element of rebellion against what exists, the way it exists and a fountainhead of fresh ideas & boundless energy to translate them into
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