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Will India's Youth make it a Superpower?

  Will Indiaโ€™s Youth make it a Superpower? Idowu Koyenikan once said, "Show me the heroes that the youth of your country look up to, and I will tell you the future of your country." I clearly remember that when we were in school, we aspired to become an astronaut, a scientist, a civil servant, a fauji, or a sportsperson. Our role models used to be figures like Savitribai Phule, Bhagat Singh, APJ Abdul Kalam, Rakesh Sharma, Satyendra Nath Bose, Vikram Batra, and Viswanathan Anandโ€”the list is endless. Today, if you ask any 15-year-old who they look up to, their answer might surprise you. Without naming anyone in particular, I can vouch that the answer is not the same anymore. You may hear responses like a YouTuber, an influencer, a vlogger, or a gamer. As a result, they engage with this kind of content. Now, there is nothing wrong with these professions. But this very shift in role models has come with a cost. A cost of shaping young children's minds. Which inturn will shap...

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