Emotional outbursts of youth
By: Aadil Mohi ud Din
Once construed an important asset, the society in ample ways is now taking a heavy toll on youth. Future of any country or society they say rely on them. It is the qualified and patriotic youth that make nation’s foundation deep and its pillars high.
I do candidly admit that youth is that threshold of life where one is expected to combat challenging circumstances and unexpected curves life throws our way. Difficult journeys have inevitably been man’s part of everyday life. In the ancient tales, Kings would only deploy young blood for they knew if channelized this is the most potent entity for peaceful, tranquil and successful kingdom.
Today I cogently raise the matter now because I want to draw attention to the fact that the life of youth especially young men is not that easy you might think, but more complicated than it would at first seem.
Only tales of savagery and wiliness can be heard all around. Even though he has been fashioned to defy all odds, however modern youth is altogether at a loss what to do and has already embraced pessimistic approach to chaotic life.
The current overall scenario is utterly disheartening as huge proportion of highly qualified youth is tramping streets and plaguing all acquaintances to find bread and butter. What personally pains me is to see these intellectuals selling dry fruits, running shops, working as street vendors etc to make their both ends meet for they could have benefited the society in multiple ways and would have been undoubtedly instrumental in nurturing young and ignited minds in the practical sense.
The intellectual elite that should have been in smart classrooms delivering productive lectures and teaching growing minds lifelong lessons are themselves in this present setup mired in utmost pessimism. Having said that they still possess sorcerer’s ability to transmute mundane into the magical.
With my profound experience of almost five years as Principal in a reputed Institute, I have come across NET and SET qualified scholars once bedecking Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools and now working as elementary private school teachers desperately striving to mitigate their economic woes.
Thousands of scholars across this vale if given opportunity shall pour out their sentimental outbursts for the circumstances have decimated them mentally. On one hand they struggle with their career and on the other attempting to drive out their economic instability.
Pathetically in advanced Kashmir’s society intellectuals suffer in conjugal life on account of their economic concerns and bachelors strive to get married as we expect groom to have luxurious mansion, costly car, a fat bank balance and well earning government job.
They have been traumatized by the present circumstances and future concerns. Their misery is a laceration that denies healing. Earning higher degrees have become dross now. Children no longer imitate this elite class as they are cognisant that these degrees mean nothing now a days, else heart breaking clips of highly qualified scholars selling honey, dry fruit etc wouldn’t have been surfaced on social media platforms.
Instead they do follow social media influencers doing comparatively to a large extent better in their lives. These scholars have endured arduous conditions to obtain these degrees and devaluation to this shall turn out to be detrimental. Delay in recruitments, scams in exams, court cases and age bar has added to their miseries.
They still defying all odds without any embarrassment come out of their homes and earn their livelihood. Without any shame they still keep their heads high while treading the journey of life. All I can say is that these degrees should be revered and respected. Their academic accomplishments should be treated with utmost dignity and respect.
No matter what the profession, I am sure they will continue to pour out knowledge and wisdom. Amidst all agony they still with a smiling face share life’s travesty coupled with economic woes thereby displaying resilience and strength.
With this tone in such grimmer circumstances explicitly decipher their admirable sagacity and impression treasured tomes have made on them. Anguished about their destiny, they still resolutely refuse to embrace the role of a victim which depicts the level of their mentality.
Hundreds of scholars are there who fought and lost. However, the bottom line that emerges is that we should embrace every failure and stress as a part of our learning journey as each setback brings valuable lessons and unlimited opportunities for growth.
In these dejected scholars, I do see incomplete wishes and sadly some unrequited desires. Their silence echoes a deeper sense of regret, a yearning for wholeness that can’t be filled. Brutal world in prime of youth full of raw joy and crushing despair. Sorry to say I couldn’t offer solutions or answers to problems raised. But I would surely ask is it there only an inevitable defeat at the end that awaits.
(The author works as Principal DPS Vailoo Kokernag)
