What is the Youth? .It is not the Wikipedia definition that the youth is the period between childhood and adulthood.
“Youth has no age.”
Pablo Picasso said these words. Youth is a state of mind and not the body.
The youth is strong, smart and intelligent but it is also reckless, foolhardy and careless, do you really think that a combination of all these traits can bring about a change, the answer is YES and NO.
“Youth has no age.”
Pablo Picasso said these words. Youth is a state of mind and not the body.
The youth is strong, smart and intelligent but it is also reckless, foolhardy and careless, do you really think that a combination of all these traits can bring about a change, the answer is YES and NO.
YES because we know that it HAS brought about change in the past. Whenever we think of the Jessica lal murder case we think about the youth that carried out peaceful protests, signed petitions and wrote letters. It was also the youth that came forward during the kargil war, stood in line to enrol itself in the army because the country needed support, the blood banks were overflowing, help poured in, in both cash and kind. The JAGO RE campaign that seeks to empower the youth by asking them to vote can be another example of the power that is youth. Remember Manjunath? Our neighbourhood whistleblower .A simple man who was a graduate from IIM Lucknow had the power to stand up to the corrupt petrol station in UP and in this process lost his life. Many more examples can be quoted for the change that exemplifies the youth.
On the other hand, the answer would be No. Because the youth is short sighted and has a very short memory. It gets delighted with every small achievement. Once we are satisfied with our own effort we would not be able to deliver.
We can see the youth failing every day. When a strong young boy of 15 pushes aside an old women to climb in the bus faster than her we fail, when the youth pays a bribe to get the driving licence made we fail, when we drink and drive we fail. All I can say is that BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE AROUND YOU, the youth should first change its ways before it can point a finger at someone and pass a judgement. The youth is fiery, my hands tremble as I write this not because of fear or anger but because of the sheer force of the ideas that flood my mind, that ask me the question what have you done to write and complain about so many things. I believe that by writing this essay and by taking part in the debate I am bringing about a change in me that helps me stand up for what is right and not what is easy. In the end I would like to leave with this thought
“Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. But let this not be the case because we need you, we need your youth, your strength, and your idealism, to help us make right what is wrong.”
