A suppressed voice, an ignored voice of the young for the simplest reasons is what leads to harbouring the feeling of frustration, anti-establishment and hopelessness; that, in turn, leads to divides that have created crevasses in our country for long.

Hearing those voices, reasoning with them, helping them meet their basics from the government is what will help us achieve path-breaking ideas, barrier-breaking progress. Progress, to start off with, may not be a leap of 10 steps, but let’s take the first one, moving away from inertia and fear of decades.

We have to take a multi-pronged approach to hearing the voice of the youth – Education Reforms at School and University, Grievance Redressal and a voice post-education.

Available: http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/power-to-the-youth-by-aditya-thackeray-1207177