Since 1990s young Indians turned away from politics.
Bollywood actors replaced the posters of political heroes. Loves, Valentine
Day, Friendship day etc. become the new fad and modernity. Talking about poverty,
villages and medical problems become taboo or outdated. Vulgar jokes, romance
and pre-marital sexes become the topic of gossips. Hangout joints changed from
small tea stalls to fancy restaurants. Cinema and TVs killed the reading habits,
neighbor culture, and group interactions.
But second decade of 21st century jolted
the strings again. What was rotten at Delhi and other state’s capital has now begun
smelling badly. Demonstrations at India Gate, Jantar Mantar and Ramleela Maidan
attracted unprecedented amount of young crowd. Technology restarted social interactions,
this time beyond geographical limitations. It awakened old and fat politicians. Back to back exposes of corruptions warned
them of common man’s awakening. On the one hand, new leaders are confident of youngster’s
participation in politics. In other, old-fat politicians saw an opportunity of
exploiting the energy of young brigade. Youngsters are vulnerable to violence, immature
to be misguided and prone to react before thinking. Incisively, corrupt leaders
found enough scope here to distract the elephants to ruin its own infantry.
Need of
Ideology
The youngsters who’re joining politics are
ignited to fix the system. They want to re-establish the law-order to bring justice
for all. They’re, however, lacking the preparedness which is dangerous. Lack of
tactics, crowd handling skills and knowledge of history is potentially harming
them. They’re falling easy prey of the canny politicians who use them as a
flush power.
Youngsters should develop an ideology before they
enter in politics. To develop an ideology is like finding a suitable weapon to
gain expertise. It is essential to find out whether they’re socialist,
capitalist, secular, communist, theocratic, democratic or autocratic. It’s
almost impossible to select an ideology without having through knowledge of almost
all kinds of ideologies mentioned above.
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