INDIAN YOUTH AND IT'S WOES.

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I am going to start this blog entry with some stats, so don’t let that deter you from reading on. Approximately 600 million population in India is younger than 25 years of age and close to 70% of the total population is less than 40 years of age. Near about 40% of the Indian population is aged between 13 to 35 years. So if you are sitting there, thinking you are the only one with such problems, talents, abilities, well you are quite definitely wrong.
 If we look at the median age of the country and the average age of our leaders then it is clear that country’s median age is 25 years whereas the average age of our cabinet ministers is 65 years. Thus there is a gap in age which leads to a gap between thoughts. This gap in India is much wider than the gap in any other country, such as in United States the gap is of 23 years whereas in Germany the gap is less than 10 years. More and more youth are entering the labor market and soon, the Indian labor force will grow by more than 8 million per annum.
There are many problems being faced by the youth of today. I shall quickly summarize the most major problems below.
  Every college student aims to only leave India as they believe India is not the place for progress. I too have thought along the same lines, many a time. With each generation, materialism has been on the rise and everyone wants to leave the country and not be identified as an Indian, so they can make more money. There is no national pride anymore and the youth complain about India’s many issues and call the country backward and close-minded , but rarely do anything proactive in nature to cause progress and create awareness.
 India is still mostly rural and education has not reached the grass roots. Even in urban colleges and the like, the gap between what one is taught in an Indian college/school versus and an International college/school is enormous and difficult to make up for some. This quite obviously creates an unequal platform for future jobs.
  Also, the world is becoming more manufacturing than service oriented. It does not matter how many degrees you have, as you will still face a problem finding a steady employment. Even after getting a job, the lack of satisfaction causes many to quit and keep on switching and remain unfulfilled.
 Obesity, laziness, aggression, and thoughtlessness is on the rise. Everyone prefers the shortcut and prefers to “copy” the ideas and work of others and pass it on as their own. How many times have we unwillingly given our entire semester worth of notes to a friend, because we felt obligated to and she was too tired or was absent in class? We encourage this habit among others, and also complain about it. How many times have we seen people spending their parents money without a care in the world, on the latest shoe or club? Aggression has also been increasing. Once people consume alcohol, instead of solving disagreements with words, they prefer to push and shove people around.
The final problem is the urge that we face to break social norms, and cause anarchy, be it out of social pressure or inner desires.  Most people do not know when to stop at drug use and prevent it from becoming drug abuse or alcohol abuse. Many couples start engaging in unprotective sex, once again, out of either external or internal motives. We do not know when  to stop something unhealthy after we start, and we assure ourselves that we can give it up whenever we want to. You can compare this to smoking, ( if you are a smoker) or nail biting ( if you are a nail biter). We keep on saying we will quit and we try, only to take it up with renewed vigor.
So what’s the point of knowing all these problems? Well, firstly now that you are aware of these problems, the solution to them is YOU. Once you change your mindset and perceptions, and admit your bad habits, and yet acknowledge the good, change has already started, because you have taken the first step, You might think what can one person do? Well, if you keep on thinking that, then no one will take initiative, yet look at the examples of the few who did, and eventually succeeded. We, as a nation, have come so far from a time where there was sati and non acceptance of widow remarriage. And now? We are more accepting of the homosexual community and equality. So yes, if you think positive , you can achieve the same, so go ahead and remember that change always starts with you.


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