Hearing out Gen Z.
My father's caretaker is a 24 year old guy. Hails from Kanpur. He has done BSc Nursing and we have hired him through an agency that provides elder-care professionals at home.
Spends 12 hours at our home (8 am to 8 pm), rarely takes a leave. A very diligent guy, soft-spoken, well-read (keeps reading books from my collection) and speaks pretty fluent English.
On the morning of 20th July, he calls up and says he is not feeling well. On 21st he came, was limping a bit. Did not share what happened.
Yesterday he shared with dad that he told a lie. On 20th he had gone to Jantar-Mantar for supporting the students' protest and was hit by the police truncheon during lathi-charge. While running, lost his shoe and twisted his ankle.
Last night when I went home and was having dinner, dad told me about this. Today morning when he came I talked to him and realized what 'generation(al) gap' means.
While talking to him I realized, he was 9-10 when Anna Andolan happened. He was 10-11 when Arvind Kejriwal became the CM for the first time. He was 11-12 when BJP formed the government in 2014. The NEET aspirants are even younger than him. They were toddlers 12 years ago.
Some of the things we have lived through, are alien to him. All he has seen since he started experiencing the world is the current government and Modi as the PM. So for him, everything that he and his generation is been through in last 7-8 years since he 'grew up' - the responsibility lies with the current government.
He mentioned that there are 1000s of youngsters who have travelled from as far as Lucknow and Varanasi for these protests.
Again on being asked why? Why did he and his friends join the protest? Why these students have come so far to join the protests?
NEET exam leak was the last thing on his mind. The reasons he gave were - everything becoming expensive and unaffordable, no job opportunities, government's and police's high-headedness, corruption everywhere - and then went on to mention falling bridges, broken roads, no footpaths, stray dogs and cattle all around and dumps of garbage everywhere. He called ethanol-blending a scam.
I felt he was just waiting to burst out everything that's piled up in his mind. Glad that heard him out.
Then I realized that there are millions like him and these protests are not just about the NEET exam leak. These are the piled up frustrations finding a way out.
One thing I genuinely feel is that the moment you start getting too political, you start becoming joyless in life. This is applicable to both, right and left. Your political opinion should be a part of your identity, not your whole personality itself. That honestly makes you joyless and insufferable to be around. The only people who are/should be completely political and see everything from the lens of their political opinion are people who have something to gain from it, otherwise by doing this you're just being stupid and a genuine pain for people around you.
Watch/play sports, enjoy movies, crack jokes, have a life.
I may have my reservations about @narendramodi ,
but name me one leader in the past ten years who walks into any room, global summit, village rally, or breaking news cyclone, and the entire spotlight instantly swings to him like a magnet.
Not for a month, not for a season, but relentlessly, year after year.
You can’t manufacture that kind of gravitational pull for a full decade.
Love him or criticise him, there’s undeniably something electric about the man that commands the world’s attention every single time.
#Modi
Instead of renaming "Delhi" to "Indraprastha", I guess we should rename NCR to "Indraprastha".
Technically that would be great move. @BJP4India@BJP4Delhi
Some ppl might be offended but the bitter truth is you can build houses for them, fill their plates with free ration, give them jobs, clothes, and blankets yet many will sell what you give, drink away what you offer or waste it in gabbling, and still call themselves poor. The problem isn’t resources; it’s the refusal to rise.
Month after month, the government distributes ration, but when diyas are lit, they still rush to steal oil from them. Not out of need, out of habit. Out of the comfort of dependency that generations have learned to wear like pride.
You can’t fix this problem. Until they decide to stand up for themselves, no government, no policy, and no god can lift them. Poverty of money can be cured but poverty of mindset cannot.
Why I respect PM Modi so much:
1. Rose from humble beginnings to the highest office
2. Works tirelessly, often 18+ hours a day
3. Gave India a global voice
4. Made self-reliance (Atmanirbhar Bharat) a movement
5. Instilled confidence in a billion Indians that our time has come
6. Even critics admit that his policies may be debated, but not his passion or resolve.
If there is anything bad than IRCTC website ...then it is website of @SamsungIndia
They have created website where you just can't get your solutions...tumhari maarne ke liye baithe hai behen ke naati log...they just won't give option to mail or any solution...bas Ghuman Raho
@SamsungIndia I wanted know about "free screen replacement program " for mobile phones getting flickering line on display without any physical damaged.
My device is Galaxy S21 FE