There are more young people than ever before — And they are angry
Out of the 7.7 billion world population, 41% of it is under 24 years of age. A single glimpse across the world media will give us a clear idea of what the world youth is going through. Few specific words that will define their state of mind are as follows; anger, frustration, rebellious, depressed & furious. The reason can vary from political to personal but the youth across the planet is unhappy & angry. Let’s try and find out the reason, country wise.
India
JNU or Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, India is always under the limelight, the reason can be many, the point of argument can vary in a wide spreadsheet with topics & subtopics but the fact is that the students are angry. Some people believe that the echo centre of the ‘right to practice the constitution’ of India is JNU and it is giving the youth a real-time realization about the same but the government of India is targeting the students as they often speak against the government. In the recent spectrum of confrontation regarding the fees hike the students & local police administration had a serious face-off, and now the students from all major universities of India are coming out on the street in support of JNU students. The anger is rising with passing time.
Iraq
The youth of Iraq is now fade up with their government which according to them is old, nepotistic and corrupt. Men & women all in their 20s in large number are now a part of the biggest uprising Iraq had ever seen. Largely hailing from Baghdad’s working-class areas, these young Iraqis were born during the US-led invasion in 2003. Their infancy coincided with the country’s bloody sectarian violence, while for many their adult years have largely been unemployed. 29-year-old Al Hamsa Hamid who is a part of the Iraqi Counterterrorism Forces said, ‘I’m doing it for the future of my children, I don’t want them to suffer like I did, and for dignity, I don’t want militias in my country, we want a democracy.’
When such strong words come out from the countrymen it means they are frustrated & angry.
Sudan
In Sudan, the protestors are changing the names of the street and renaming it after the martyrs who gave their life for the country. Though it's not an official change but that doesn’t matter for the campaigners. Many streets and parks were renamed when Bashir came to power more than 30 years ago after fighters killed in the long and bloody conflict in what was then Sudan’s southern provinces. Now the time has come to rewrite history once more. Sudan is a great example to show that post-invasion the power always changes the name of the most important parts of the society, like the street names and names of all the important places & monuments. But now the initiative has come against a backdrop of frustration among young people at the compromises forced on the pro-democracy movement by the military rulers who took power in the aftermath of Bashir’s fall.
Lebanon
The news of the economic crisis in Lebanon is no more hidden. Thousands of citizens came out on the streets demanding the government to step down as they have failed to maintain the fluidity of money within the country. Moreover, they have recently announced some sort of tax on voice calls made through WhatsApp and other apps. It is believed that this sort of protest was among the biggest ones that took place in Lebanon in years.
HONG KONG
Though it is majorly anti-government, every country has many different internal issues, but the common thread among all the countries is the youth of that country. Somehow they are not ready to accept the dominating section of society, people or organisation. We can only hope that in the near future all these youth across the globe can come together for a better future for us & also for the planet Earth.
Source of information: Scroll India, The Guardian, BBC, Aljazeera
