EMPLOYING THE FUTURE OF INDIA

  Friends this was an article that I had written long back in the summers of 2008........Infact it was for "The International Essay Competion-2008" by the World Bank.....Hope it would be a nice read for all.....Cheers from the pied piper till then EMPLOYING THE FUTURE OF INDIA INTRODUCTION: “Youth Unemployment”, a word often encountered in all the leading Indian newspapers along with poverty, social injustice, petty thefts and crimes, political upheaval, terrorism and all those words which a person doesn’t want to read with his morning tea. Words that are placed so far apart even in a dictionary. Then why does some of these words always comes in a package when a person reads an article about any one of them. Is that just an act of randomness or are they some pieces of a jigsaw puzzle...

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The literary vagabond

Far from the madding crowd Once again I set out, with some penny to spare and plenty of time to stand and stare. Summer it is I say on the AC as my hands I lay CDs, camera, pen and notepad Carried them all, I'm glad. The music goes ta ra rum pum and along I hum; A sparrow I spot and a lady in topknot. I take a turn and go bump Yeah, I missed noticing a hump. Silly of me, I think As my mind's eye I blink. Now I am away from the jungle concrete with none to run a rat race with; I race against myself with glee To all, do the same I plea. It’s about time I reached the lake To myself I thus spake. Though I haven't, I wonder why and simply drove by. I drove for long but came along none Confused I looked around, to catch hold of and ask a passer-by can...

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IROM WHO?

Heard about Anna Hazare, didn’t you? The household name of sacrifice and the toast of Indian media. Yes man, he is the famous Gandhian who has taken up our cause to fight against corruption. It took him a mammoth 97 hour long fast to make himself heard. Even though the government is yet to accede to his demand he still stands tall to fight. 15th August is his final deadline to the thick skinned, utterly corrupted Indian government and then he moves for a fast unto death. Dude, he is a hero. The discussion continued for another 5 minutes or so. Heard about Baba Ramdev? Man, are you kidding me! Who doesn’t know about the famous yogi? He has cure for everything from anorexia to baldness to heart disease. He was undemocratically evicted from Delhi...

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Why should we support Anna hazare

There are very few moments in life when one can be an inseparable part of history. The variety of history that appeals to each one however may vary considerably. For some, it was Indias’s recent cricket world cup victory when throngs of youth devoured the streets for a victory march across every corner of the nation. For some it might be Babri masjid demolition or Godhra incident that divided our nation in two halves. For others it might be our Kargil victory over Pakistan. The incidents might cause a huge debate among the masses about the defining moments of our history which we were a part of. However, among all the events we were sometimes the silent, sometimes the elated or sometimes the saddened spectator.  The moment that dawn on...

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