Today i read a news in "Times of India" titled "Hug of Love" and "Kiss of Love" which indicated that students from some universities came on road to protect their right of displaying their affection publicly.
This stirred lots of mixed emotions in my heart. Firstly I felt happy that the new generation of India is not dosile and is open to challenge the norms set by the traditional Indian society. I also felt happy that they have a common view on some cause and they feel an urge to come together and express their views. But then part of my mind asked me, was it really worth?
Few days back, I saw a nice Marathi movie, called "Prakash Baba Amte". It is a story of a great social worker Dr. Prakash Amte who devoted his life along with his wife Dr. Manda Amte for upliftment of the tribals in Hemalkasa, a remote place in Maharashtra where people were surviving just like animals. Strange thing, when Dr Prakash started his journey towards Hemalkasa, he was also of the same age to that of the students today, who are protesting for "Hug of Love". To add to the equation, marriage of Dr Prakash and Dr. Manda was a love marriage !! So he was also having similar attractions of life in his age as that of today's Gen Y. But he considered it important to utilize his energy for displaying his affection for the tribal, suffering from poverty and basic human needs than getting right of public display of his affection towards his partner.
A couple of events in last few days made me think deeply........
I stay in a housing complex which conducts many social activities. Currently we are enjoying "MVPL" in our housing complex, a cricket competition we have annually. I am amazed to see the active participation of Gen Y in this event. Everyone is full of energy and present much before time for playing as well as cheering in all the games. The environment is full of joy and youth, which makes me feel very positive.
Few days back, we also organized another event to support "Clean India" movement. More than hundred people participated in that as well, including small kids. But one thing that made me feel very sad was, minimal presence of the youth of our complex. The energy and interest shown in cricket competion was totally lacking from Gen Y side in that event.
I don't want to challenge personal lifestyle or individual values of these youngster, neither do I want to term them good or bad. This is their personal life and they have complete right to enjoy it the way they want. I just want Gen Y to introspect on one aspect. It is evident that they have a lot of energy, but is it getting utilized completely and is it getting utilized for right cause?
A polite request to the Gen Y to think about this with open heart, otherwise they can simply forget this considering yet another "Random Thought"
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