What Young India Wants..Thoughts & Reflections on 70 Years of Independence.

When the whole world is looking at RIO Olympics 2016 and few criticizing India on not winning medals, Let’s all look at this great country which by name itself is the biggest medal all of us can proudly bear on our hearts.

Being a millennial (born after 80’s), I have observed this particular trait of passion to achieve and the hot blood flowing through all the youngsters. Millennial’s  also called as the Multi Taskers, Obsessive, Tech Savvy and the always connected generation which is going to share more than 50% of the workplace shortly.. With all this credits, let’s analyze what young India Wants. We may not be strong at Politics, but we surely know how policies should look like, we may not be among the top most bureaucrats’, but we surely know what Bureaucracy means. Not to take side on any single party, the biggest change witnessed in the recent elections showed how youngsters wanted to be a part of the constructive change..

1.     Basic Amenities

As all of us know Food, Water & Shelter form the basic amenities for any human being. But we always tend to project a rosy picture of developed India to the whole WORLD only in terms of the so called METRO/CAPITAL Cities. But how many of us really know 82% of rural India still lacks basic Ameneties.   No proper drinking water(includes the metro cities!!!!), Individual Sanitation Facility (Remember Vidhya Balan Ad) , Roads in good condition is definitely a dream, Proper underground drainage system is another big question mark to be answered yet.

2.     Communication – Digital India

We are a part of the telegram, postal card, Inland letter, Email, Orkut, Whatsapp, Face book & Twitter,2G, 3G,4G generation. We have got all the privilege of witnessing the biggest change that happened in Communication system right in front of our eyes. We feel so happy about it..But at the same time, once again it is only a part of India that is enjoying this privilege. Its quite disturbing to note that only 35% of India uses internet and we wish this % leap increases predominantly in the coming years. Hope the idea of SMART CITIES will be a mode of transport that would carry this facility to every nook and corner of India. The idea of improving Agriculture (back bone of India) through digital medium would be another feather in the cap. We wish Agriculture also gives the dream income to all the farmers, thereby creating more job opportunities.

3.     Infrastructure & Services

A major sector which drives the Indian Economy, it really needs a catalyst for India’s overall development to propel the biggest change in Infrastructure Sector. India has abundant sources of Renewable / Non- Renewable energy which when put on proper use can do wonders. We witness the ageing of Roads, Railways and other sectors, there definitely needs a bigger connect between the public and private sectors to overcome this major gap. Though we find many reforms being brought in by any Government that is in power, we would wish the legacy to continue in a manner where we would be able to quickly remove the bottle necks.

4.     Education System

Education system in our country has always been criticized though we have a structured system in place. It can be observed that the number of schools, colleges, IIT’s, IIM’s are getting bigger in number and the competition to get into them is also becoming bigger. For Eg: Even if the score is 99.9 and you find you still have 10+ students to be placed in the top most schools/colleges it can be understood that in our Education system students study only to get marks, and they become the unrealistic victims of the rat race.

With the mindset of parents also changing / deviating from the prestigious professions, we are able to find parents are now focusing on the passion and likes of their kids. In such a situation, we really want skill based education where creativity, original thinking, problem solving capability, decision making are some attributes the students gain naturally thereby developing confidence in them to achieve more. We want the technology to be implemented in bringing education closer to the rural India where we have so many gems waiting to be identified and chiseled to be precious gems of future.

Finally…

We want the policy makers to realize that “ONE SIZE FITS ALL” approaches will no longer give fruitful results in the longer run. The disconnect between the policy makers and the common public is clearly visible.

These are some of the very few issues that crossed my mind. All these thoughts would have definitely reflected in our minds at least once in all these 25+ years..but lets all take that single step forward to bring about a Constructive Change. Bear it in mind, it’s not for you and me..It’s for generations to come.

We don’t want to look at other countries for Role models, instead want to create our INDIA as Role Model to the world.

We want to be a part of the biggest change, India has ever witnessed after Independence.

We don’t want the hard work and sacrifices made by our legends to go in vain.

MERA BHARAT MAHAAN..JAI HIND..