Halo Youth

Dear Youth,
Greetings. I am pained by the recent happenings in my state. Separatism in the name of language or religion kills the essential spirit of democracy. Politics and youth are strange bedfellows. It was shocking to know that students of premier institutions were involved in a protest concerning another nation.
Our solidarity should be for India. On no account should regionalism interfere with nationalism.
We talk of referendum in another nation; what about implementing it in Kashmir?

Let us look into our own fabric.
Why was no one protesting the recent rape of a foreign national? What is the image we are projecting? A dalit woman was brutally raped in interior Tamilnadu but there was no protest. Has rape become such a common problem that it is now part and parcel of our lives that we can shut our eyes towards it. Has the Delhi incident drained us so much that we are voiceless now?

We have so many demons to fight within.

Let us expend our knowledge, technology, energy and time to solve our mundane problems and to ensure a safe, problem free society.

Please understand that as a student your primary responsibility is to learn. Now you are merely studying. Learn, learn, learn. Utilize this period to build start-ups/ become entrepreneurs. Self sustenance is the future. We have had the easy way out so far- migrating to different countries for employment. Every nation we have been rushing to -USA/Saudi Arabia etc are looking inwards. They are changing their VISA rules and employment policies so as to use local talent.

Let not the shade of the banyan tree stifle you. Take care