I would be accused of being a cynic as people draw towards the end of this piece but then atleast I dont have fanciful flawed notions of misplaced optimism that are dreams of a future that shall not reach if structural re adjustments dont happen.....
the power of youth is a myth, the point is the youth has been neutered as well. the power that is talked about as the youth being the fountain head of progress and bulwark of the nation has been reduced to empty talk as the current gen x has nothing to do with the state of affairs of the nation.
they are happy with status quo and all they do or react is a classical knee jerk reaction, some thing of the model of what a rang de basanti advertised. the youth is too happy with simplistic assessments of what is being done to the nation, they have been brought up to read and memorise the national anthem without understanding what it means, they have no idea of the national song and its meaning, they have no idea what questioning is and they are too happy to live under the utopic idea that they are a part of a vibrant democracy, when in effect they are nothing but poster pieces or pin up dolls to sell and advertise ideas, products of corporations.
the problem is we have two india's today...one india that has receeded into outer space and looks down upon the other india and asks a very simple question, what are these poor people, tribals doing with our furniture lying in those forests, our aluminium, our iron and steel...thye have to be removed..... the nation today has two classes of people, the self proclaimed humans or the neo human race and the marginalised class of sub humans..... the problem with gen x is that it has fallen prey to the wonderful smokescreen that corporations have managed to string up using the very youth power.
the marketing strategy followed uses the youth and their shoulders to hold the smokescreen as well.... the spirit of questioning has to sharpen and become more critical of the system that is in place, only then will the govt of the nation fear the common man, that very common man who is talked about in every speech but is stripped and paraded on the streets, displaced, kicked around at will.....
the questioning culture relating to confusion is a thought that has been bothering here but then as i told him some time back, its not the culture that is creating confusion but what we are asking is....we are yet to begin asking the right kind of questions, till then lets duel with our lances out, the fight has got to be taken to the streets and strengthen the hands of the people feeling the heat of this horribly fallacy called development.... entrepreneurs can come and are most welcome but then operating under constraints that cripple is not a very useful alternative, this is not a 'do nothing' that people should think it is. change happens when you question the very assumptions on which these grand edifices have been built. real change happens when you work with the real people at the grassroots and then feel india and not what the govt tell you it is or the media tells you it is...
go out, reach out and feel india.... time is a constraint...always has been....gandhiji is mocked at, ridiculed but then one question we all must ask ourselves....how could he unite such a diverse nation behind him.....behind this question lies the strength of his idea....one of civil disobedience.... but for that to happen....the corporate cum govt juggernaut has to be stopped in its tracks.....
Questioning the supposed youth power is the need of the hour.How long can we bask in the glory of our youth base?The need for change is inevitable but who are going to be the torchbearers of that much needed rebellion for change?Our actions don't speak much with the old masters still running the show and our baba logs preferring to watch the opera from sidelines.Lets arise awake & do something for this old paralysed nation before it gets too late.
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