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Dwindling Aspirations of a Nation

Ours is a nation with the largest young population the world. This youth of our nation today is full of aspirations. We have built several stories around them and announced ourselves as the future superpower of the world. All these prophecies are based on the growing GDP of our nation, which is just a number, hardly indicative of the living standard of the citizens. The country is rife with scams; there is utter distrust in the ruling class and lack of dynamic leaders. Within the last two decades we have seen tremendous growth in the country. The IT sector has seen a boom and purchasing power of people have increased many-fold. We are also home to the largest under 25 population in the world. This population has seen this growth in front of them and hence is full of desires and aspiration. But this quench for success has largely remained unfulfilled for a large section of this population. Unemployment and underemployment is what has engulfed this generation. The sudden

Absurdity in the name of Democracy

India is a nation blessed with an exceptional constitution, not just exceptionally comprehensive, just and impartial but also exceptionally voluminous, archaic and irrelevant at times. Certain instances which have now become accepted as part of our lives still exist in the archaic law as violations. Our politicians lack the will to accept what is already prevalent but would make for a bold political and moral step. The country which claims to be the world's largest democracy still has a sedition law, which was enacted to prevent dissidence against the British rule. Betting is still illegal in the land where in Diwali it's a part of tradition. Driving age is 18 but where movies have school boys driving in Ferraris. Prostitution is too taboo to even make a reference and drinking is acceptable but too bold a step politically. India is no longer the nation of snake charmers that it used to be but we still resist taking things heads on. We as a nation love status-quo in tab