Political Leadership and Indian Youth

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India is my country. Filled with many religions, castes, cultures and people it is known for its rich diversity of humanity.India’s young people are talented and educated. They have great ambition and vision for the nation as well as their personal life. Even they are ready to migrate to another country in order to accumulate money. They are hard workers, family lovers, committed citizens and good followers of religions. I am one among them. In addition, they have enormous potential to lead but always follow someone. They have good knowledge but never speak out. They always wanted very good political leadership but always stay away from politics except voting in the public election. They are very creative but never start anything new. They are courageous but never challenge anything. They are rebellious but always follow the stereotypical customs and unequal social structure. They always dream for a better world but never stop dreaming and start working to achieve it. I am one among them Yes, Indian youth are like hibernating computers, they are so powerful, intelligent, and swift but they should wake up and start up. On the whole, in this essay I am trying to explore Indian youth and their problems with special regard to politics. To approach this issue systematically, first I am going to study their present status which help us to understand them better and secondly, finding their crucial problems in order to understand the reason for this potential group’s lack of political contribution and finally suggesting some helpful practical and policy recommendations which will empower their political contribution as well as political inclusion. Current scenario It is estimated that some 47% of India’s current 1 billion populations is under the age of 20, and teenagers among them number about 160 million. By 2015, Indians under 20 will make up 55% of the
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