To achieve harmony among the young and old and seamlessly function as a vibrant society, the youth of our country need to become the engine of change. In order to make the youth of modern India more actively engaged in nation-building, a force that has lot of zeal and purpose to do something, the present system needs to be all-encompassing to be able to move with the young and old with the right perspective. The contemporary social milieu needs to be responsive to these expectations of the young mind so as to make them partner to over-all development and nation building. If the youth is falling prey to a rapidly changing value system on one hand, they can also be molded by inculcating good thoughts, actions, habits and values on the other. The changes affect the youth the most as the young mind is like a clean slate. Besides substantive demographic change in terms of population, political decadence, rising unemployment, and eroding value system combined with excessive market-oriented economy have made life very complicated for the new generation. Modernization combined with globalization has changed life in general and the lifestyle of youth in particular in the last few decades leading to change in social institutions and structures as well.

There are many reasons (both internal and external) for frustration and purposelessness. The lack of sense of purpose is waning in comparison to what it was during pre-independence days. After seven decades of independence the youth has become more morally, ethically, socially and spiritually adrift. Today, the Indian youth is facing a hard time.

Mahatma gandhi young