SSB GD Series :Do Indian youth Act or React - Part 1

India is a land of diversity. A number of religions find it as their home. People of different caste, community, and ethnicity live together here; no other country in the world has much diversity as India has. It’s a beautiful country, developing day by day. Today we have made remarkable developments in every sphere of life, and with this pace that day where India will become a superpower in not far away.

But there is another side to the coin as well, whereas some leaders are trying to make the country a better place, others are busy fleecing the pockets of people to fill their own. They are so busy looting the country that what is happening in the country is of no concern to them. Delhi has silently earned the tag of “The Rape Capital of the World”. Rapes, Gang rapes, Honor killings, harassing of women are happening in the country as if there is no law to stop them. Corruption has rooted itself so deep that even the lawmakers are infected by it, the lawmakers are the new lawbreakers, and Scams are happening left and right. A person who is over educated for a job is being turned away because the other candidate had political contacts and influence which made him more suitable for the job. Is the Indian Government Sleeping? Are we only capable of MAKING laws and not implementing them? If the Government can’t get rid us of these problems, who will?!

The answer as we all know is WE the people, THE YOUTH who suffer the most. In spite of the long hours we put studying for our competitive exams for that degree for that college we get rejected, someone else with a comparatively less score having a SC/ST certificate gets that opportunity. How does it make us feel? Pretty sad, as it has happened to me too. The culprit is not that person who belongs to the SC/ST category; it’s the very people who make these laws who are at fault. Today because of reservation most of the talented youth who are creative and could be the next APJ Abdul Kalam get rejected of the education they deserve. This injustice is not limited to education; it is spreading sideways and deep within the system.

A girl gets raped, media covers the issue, women right activists make a show, ministers and police make a statement, and culprits get caught and are put behind bars. What next? Another rape happens. The same cycle repeats with the addition that the people instead blames the girl who got raped, such is the mindset of the society. Life gets difficult for her, she can’t get out of the trauma, people look at her with disgust, she doesn’t feel normal and safe while walking in the streets, her social circle reduces and she goes into depression, do the media cover that? Sadly No.

A boy and a girl falls in love are happy together and have many things in common, understand each other without even saying anything. Care for each other, the warmth of their relation is special. They decide to marry, but instead are beaten black and blue and are killed in public. Why? Because they belong to different communities, different castes. Is that justified? In most cases it’s the girl who survives, she is being taunted day in and day out. She is married to someone 5 to 10 years older than her, has a completely different mindset as compared to her and is no way compatible to her. But marriage is justified in the eyes of society because both the man and women were of different communities. I ask who made these communities. Find them!

A women works hard throughout her life, she studies and performs extremely well in her studies. She is kept as a second priority when it comes to education. Why? Well she has brothers who are reckless, are low performers but the family thinks that they need to be educated. If somehow she is lucky enough to complete her higher education and gets a good job, what next? Not many people appreciate it. Why? Because women belong in the house is the norm set in the society. Still she works hard, goes to office and performs well as compared to her male colleagues. What next? She is harassed. Those accidental brushes, piercing eyes looking at her as if she is just an object meant for pleasure become her daily routine. Why? Why can’t this stop. Who needs to act? It’s us, the very people who are taking it upon us.

There is lot more to it. Keep reading for the new part of this series.
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About the Author: Shekhar Tanwar is a computer science engineer who is working with a renowned MNC and is a die heart defense aspirant. Guitar is his passion and he is very firm believer of physical fitness. This article is a way to help defense aspirants to present his critical views on the topic, on the forum so that collective exchange of thoughts can take place.