“You see things that exist and say why; we dream things that don’t exist and say why not.”
That’s the essence of youth; something that separates us from all other age groups. We are dynamic, vivid, active, passionate, moody, innovative, intuitive, decisive; yet more importantly responsible. We strive for something better, we stand for something innovative, we fight for justice, we struggle for modernity and yet we imbibe traditions. Our strength and galore; courage and passion; zeal and enthusiasm is what makes us to be looked upon as the builder of nation and the path setter for a new beginning.
Letters in the word YOUTH stand for Young, Optimistic, Useful, Trustful and Honest. Youth is the period between childhood and adulthood. There are several age limits set on this period of life but, ideally it is taken as the period between 15 years to 24 years as supported by the United Nation’s definition. It is the age when a person comes out of the safe caring of his parents and needs to take up his/ her responsibility but, isn’t matured enough to do so. This section of society is full of immense possibilities and it is the responsibility of matured members of our society especially our educational system to reap these possibilities through proper guidance. Responsible citizens can be created only by guiding youth towards taking up their responsibility.
In India, we have more of a collectivist society. Hence, most of us get a grooming to take up social responsibility but, we lack in active social initiative by youth due to nature of our social fabric and educational system which doesn’t provide much encouragement to the initiative takers. Hence, we actively engage in social welfare activities at the school and college level but, when it comes to really path breaking youth involvement in social responsibility we lack in examples. Although the situation is improving gradually and youth mobilization has increased due to the gradual change in social mind set as well as shift in education’s emphasis from creating information boxes to responsible citizens. Our participation in social development has increased in recent years. Apart from youth being active part of movements led by adults; we are also directly involving in activities that bring social transformation. College students actively raise their voice against any injustice and try & support the victim; in fact students have played an active role in increasing social activism in case of ignorance of breach of law by the police and judiciary. Apart from this students’ on their part are now actively engaged in generating awareness among the masses about several socially relevant issues like environment, women empowerment, communal harmony, efficient energy utilization, protecting national heritage. People often say that youth of India today don’t value independence as they have got it served in a plate but, actually we have imbibed this freedom in our heart and we do love our nation but, just have a different way of expressing it.
It is true that youth in India are responsible, it is also true that our engagement in the social activities have increased immensely in the recent years however there is one more face to this coin of social responsibility and youth of India. There are some sections of youth who run away from their social responsibilities or just don’t know them. These mostly include two classes; one is the ultra rich class youth who creates a world of its own and never connects itself with the ground realities. They are surrounded by all luxuries of life and hence, aren’t able to peep out of their luxurious life to realize what a turn around their responsible behavior can bring in the society. Cases of drunken driving, youth taking drugs, upper class youth involved in harassment and molestation cases really present a bad face of youth of India but, it’s not the face of all of us. They are just a misguided faction of society, who has never been told how to restrict themselves. There is still other section in India who is not shouldering its social responsibility out of sheer ignorance. They don’t know if any such responsibility exists at all and if their participation can make a difference. They go on in their rush for livelihood and carrier and never really have time to stop and see if something like social responsibility actually exists. However, they are sensitive and do a lot of things unknowingly. Hence, it is the responsibility of the matured members of the society to use this ignorant positive energy in the right direction by generating awareness and a sense of responsibility in them.
India was left in poverty and distress after independence. There was a need for massive social development to better the condition of masses. However, the slow economic growth could not fuel massive social change. Now, that India has achieved a robust growth rate of 9%, it is all set to go for a massive social transformation and the leaders of this change are going to be the youth of the nation. India is relatively young nation with 57.7% of its population in the age group of .15-64 and 30% of the population younger than 15 years of age. Hence it is quite clear what impact a responsible youth population can make on future of India. We are going to create a glorious past for coming generations to cheer, we are going to create a healthy and impact full tradition of social responsibility for coming generations to shoulder and we are going to create rich social fabric and a transformed India for coming generations to live in. with our potentialities all these are near realities but, the only thing that is required is the proper guidance of the matured members of the society as enthusiasm and passion can do wonders if supported by proper guidance and experience and that’s what we aspire to do.
That’s the essence of youth; something that separates us from all other age groups. We are dynamic, vivid, active, passionate, moody, innovative, intuitive, decisive; yet more importantly responsible. We strive for something better, we stand for something innovative, we fight for justice, we struggle for modernity and yet we imbibe traditions. Our strength and galore; courage and passion; zeal and enthusiasm is what makes us to be looked upon as the builder of nation and the path setter for a new beginning.
Letters in the word YOUTH stand for Young, Optimistic, Useful, Trustful and Honest. Youth is the period between childhood and adulthood. There are several age limits set on this period of life but, ideally it is taken as the period between 15 years to 24 years as supported by the United Nation’s definition. It is the age when a person comes out of the safe caring of his parents and needs to take up his/ her responsibility but, isn’t matured enough to do so. This section of society is full of immense possibilities and it is the responsibility of matured members of our society especially our educational system to reap these possibilities through proper guidance. Responsible citizens can be created only by guiding youth towards taking up their responsibility.
In India, we have more of a collectivist society. Hence, most of us get a grooming to take up social responsibility but, we lack in active social initiative by youth due to nature of our social fabric and educational system which doesn’t provide much encouragement to the initiative takers. Hence, we actively engage in social welfare activities at the school and college level but, when it comes to really path breaking youth involvement in social responsibility we lack in examples. Although the situation is improving gradually and youth mobilization has increased due to the gradual change in social mind set as well as shift in education’s emphasis from creating information boxes to responsible citizens. Our participation in social development has increased in recent years. Apart from youth being active part of movements led by adults; we are also directly involving in activities that bring social transformation. College students actively raise their voice against any injustice and try & support the victim; in fact students have played an active role in increasing social activism in case of ignorance of breach of law by the police and judiciary. Apart from this students’ on their part are now actively engaged in generating awareness among the masses about several socially relevant issues like environment, women empowerment, communal harmony, efficient energy utilization, protecting national heritage. People often say that youth of India today don’t value independence as they have got it served in a plate but, actually we have imbibed this freedom in our heart and we do love our nation but, just have a different way of expressing it.
It is true that youth in India are responsible, it is also true that our engagement in the social activities have increased immensely in the recent years however there is one more face to this coin of social responsibility and youth of India. There are some sections of youth who run away from their social responsibilities or just don’t know them. These mostly include two classes; one is the ultra rich class youth who creates a world of its own and never connects itself with the ground realities. They are surrounded by all luxuries of life and hence, aren’t able to peep out of their luxurious life to realize what a turn around their responsible behavior can bring in the society. Cases of drunken driving, youth taking drugs, upper class youth involved in harassment and molestation cases really present a bad face of youth of India but, it’s not the face of all of us. They are just a misguided faction of society, who has never been told how to restrict themselves. There is still other section in India who is not shouldering its social responsibility out of sheer ignorance. They don’t know if any such responsibility exists at all and if their participation can make a difference. They go on in their rush for livelihood and carrier and never really have time to stop and see if something like social responsibility actually exists. However, they are sensitive and do a lot of things unknowingly. Hence, it is the responsibility of the matured members of the society to use this ignorant positive energy in the right direction by generating awareness and a sense of responsibility in them.
India was left in poverty and distress after independence. There was a need for massive social development to better the condition of masses. However, the slow economic growth could not fuel massive social change. Now, that India has achieved a robust growth rate of 9%, it is all set to go for a massive social transformation and the leaders of this change are going to be the youth of the nation. India is relatively young nation with 57.7% of its population in the age group of .15-64 and 30% of the population younger than 15 years of age. Hence it is quite clear what impact a responsible youth population can make on future of India. We are going to create a glorious past for coming generations to cheer, we are going to create a healthy and impact full tradition of social responsibility for coming generations to shoulder and we are going to create rich social fabric and a transformed India for coming generations to live in. with our potentialities all these are near realities but, the only thing that is required is the proper guidance of the matured members of the society as enthusiasm and passion can do wonders if supported by proper guidance and experience and that’s what we aspire to do.
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