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Friday 7 May 2010

The Youth & The Future (?)

Visakhapatnam

1st May, 2010

Hello friends! It’s been AGES since I’ve blogged! THANKFULLY, my painfully chronic exams are over (for now) & from where I’m looking at it, long (& most probably, uneventful) holidays are waiting to engulf me into psychotic boredom. It’s just the beginning of May & the unbearably treacherous weather has been on a ruthless rampage… The heat wave is testing my resistance to the otherwise strong temptation to approach the beckoning AC… I have a thing against ACs (I even messed up my Applied Thermodynamics – II this past semester, PROBABLY because there was a chapter on “Refrigeration & Air Conditioning” in it) I don’t know if I should be proud saying this, but… So far so good!

Though North India is roasting in the scorching heat, the weather DID show some mercy in my region this past fortnight. There were clouds all over the sky on-and-off to our rescue. Moreover, a very short stint of intermittent drizzle WAS there, so faint that it was only detectable by those who would step out into the open air & notice. There was less effect of “the bloody sun” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s words, not mine!) during the latter half of April. The silver lining (which ironically came in form of clouds) was SOME unexpected relief for most in my city. But apart from that, it’s just May & the Mercury is already soaring at 44° C! Unfortunately, this freak heat wave has already claimed over a hundred lives in my country, which for some reason bothers the hell out of me… We have seen what a cold wave can do in the United States, Europe & China. By the time this summer ends, we’ll PROBABLY get an idea of what a HEAT wave can do in the other parts of the world. Perhaps (No! make it PROBABLY), this is just a trailer of what the earth has in store for us come 2012 (& the end of the world in it, if it comes)…

23rd April – the very last day of the (written) end-semester exams – one of the favourite days of all students… It also happened to be my “official boyfriend”, Mr. Pawan Maruvada’s birthday bash & on the dinner table, our topic of discussion shifted towards blogs (Pawan is a devoted blogger, by the way)… That is what inspired me to restart blogging (or start re-blogging?) & here I am sitting & typing my first blog in over a year… Thank you, Mr. Gates! We had gathered after a long time on Pawan’s birthday. So, obviously, our usual chit-chats & gossips began & we started to pick pace. There was the usual humour session from Pawan. I joined the gallery! Yes! Even MY dry, sarcastic, flop & hopelessly obscure humour was somehow working that night… (!!)

The topic of discussion drifted towards politics (or vice-versa). And again, we had yet another one of those forty-minute-long discussions that we always have in our college – people started giving examples of the “greatnesses” of various people including Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma “Bapu” Gandhi, Jawaharlal “Chachaji” Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sonia Gandhi, so on & so forth… My best buddy, Shashank was expressing his support for & praising Narendra Modi vehemently while others were making fun of Shashank’s “Modi worship”; one of them tried getting me too on the same page… I however had my view, supporting Shashank’s hero as usual! I can’t remember if Shashank had carved a die-hard Modi-fan out of me or being a Modi-fan made Shashank one of my best buddies over the past 4 years. Today, both of us love Narendra Modi with a passion! Anyway… Each one of us was profusely backing the party/politician/faction/etc. that we were supporting like they were our half-brother/sister/etc.!

Suddenly, my attention shifted towards Omkar Manas, who had been quietly listening to our Political geniuses all this while… I asked him: “Your views, Manas!” “Neutral!” was a sullen reply. I was trying to get him into the discussion, but that reply made me feel that his interest waned even more with my question. Though he is neutral towards political parties, he did voice his opinion about politics as an entity – that how difficult it is to become a part of active politics; that a young collegian could never join if he wanted to; that the present situation is pathetic to such an extent that if a common man comes back home after filling his form, then the next day, he leaves home either on a stretcher or in a coffin!

This brings me to today’s topic – The Youth & the FUTURE? This seems to be a very common & washed up topic, right? After you finish reading what I have to say, you'll realize that though the topic is the same old one, the views are not quite … with the flow! Over the years, lot has been talked, said & done about the youth! Indeed – youth IS the deciding factor for any organization, system, institute, asylum, etc. today! The future of any democracy depends upon the youth. The REAL power is in the hands of the youth today… The direction of their thoughts determines the direction in which the nation moves… They are the reason for all the development in the past, are the centre of all of the developments in the present AND are the HOPE for all of the developments the future. Today, “youth” has become the “The Alpha & the Omega”! In fact, youth IS the Alpha & the Omega of today’s system…

I’m a 20-year-old guy & it is a very inspiring thing for me to learn that there are quite a few contemporary people who are reaching unprecedented positions at a very young age & achieving heights that the people of the preceding generations could not even think of reaching in their entire lifetime during the 20th century! It only signifies that, even without having good luck handed over in a silver platter, people like me still do have a decent chance of “making it big” in the future… For instance, have a look at the IPL commissioner, Mr. Lalit Modi! 5 years ago, he was just a daddy’s boy – a guy from a very affluent family & apart from that, an absolute nobody & today (for now) he is the ringmaster of the thousands of crore rupees’ circus AND the centre of attention of all the media, politics & enjoys the company of the so-called “rich & famous” – the influential lot of the country…

Innumerable companies & industries are being headed by dynamic young entrepreneurs such as Kumar Birla (heir to the Birla Empire, merely 42 & already with personal assets of over 3500 crore). Pharmaceutical industry is being reined by people like Malvinder Singh (35) & Shivinder Singh (42) – who sold Ranbaxy to Daiichi Sankyo last year & together have combined assets of over well over 1500 crore. Cyber space has always been thriving for the young. Innovators such as Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook, 23), with assets of over $4 billion (2000 crore) can dare to plan a retirement at 30 while others start thinking about their settling down & their prime worry is their kids’ futures by that age. The richest lady in the country, Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw established Biocon when she was 25 & stands on a heap of 2000 crore today.

In media, the faces of almost all news channels today – the journalists – & not the news reporters or The Editor – are mostly young & charismatic. Gone are the days when Prabhu Chawla’s voice was the very synonym of “news”. Kalanithi Maran (the founder of Sun TV network, 44), has established a self-made empire of over 1300 crore. Sports, for obvious reasons, are being led by the youth… But just being among the “youth” is not enough… The sportsmen just keep getting younger by the day! Gangulys, Kumbles & Laxmans (or should the plural form be, “laxmen”, maybe??) don’t get a look-in into the team. No matter what the record books say & regardless of how they actually perform, the “old” & “obsolete” tags have gotten the better of them & they were sent packing! There is no player as old as Sanath Jayasuriya, maybe as talented, but definitely not as old… Today’s teams comprise of Yuvrajs & Dhonis. There have been only two “aged” survivors – Virender Sehwag (for his unprecedented unique ability to be able to take away a 20-20 game in 20 minutes, a one day game within an hour & a test match in a session, or part thereof) & Sachin Tendulkar (for everything else, including the abovementioned).

Even in politics, young leaders are getting successful. Barack Obama’s fan base is bigger than any other living person today. Bobby Jindal, the 55th Governor of Louisiana, happens to be the first man of Indian origin to govern an American state. Men like him have made India proud in the international scenario… Another prominent emerging political figure today is Rahul Gandhi – the most eligible bachelor in the country today, heartthrob of millions! He is a REAL national hero… There is one thing common among all the people above – they are all either self made, or have inherited their parts of their share off an empire & have converted it into a fortune! Minus, of course, Rahul Gandhi, who was born with a (in loss of a better material), Californium spoon in his mouth… None of the others had a fortune handed over to them!

Let’s swim a little deeper now…

I love the hilarious videos that people keep uploading on a particular website – again, a creation of 3 young minds, Steve Chen (32), Chad Hurley (34) & Jawed Karim (31)… Take away 4 years & that was when they innovated the marvel what we know as Youtube today. That was just FYI; now coming back to the videos I was talking about, I must say that there was this very funny video titled “Americans are Stupid”! In the video, we see a street play based in America where random people are interviewed to test their knowledge about the world (if any). We see a girl saying “We (America) did!” when asked who won the Vietnam War. Then, there is another man placing a flag on Australia when the interviewer asked him to point out ‘North Korea’; & then, looking at Tasmania & commenting: “I didn’t know that South Korea was much smaller than North Korea!” Then, there is another guy saying: “Al-Quaeda is a group of suicide bombers in central Asia & is active in Iraq, Iran & Afghanistan. And their leader is… YASIR ARAFAT!” Then, he added an “Everybody knows that!” icing on the cake, probably to make himself look really cool & learned… I would really take a lot of PLEASURE in hanging him upside down off his toes! His “Everybody knows that” particularly added insult to the injury!

The reason I mentioned this video is that quite a few people around the world (including the United States) are ACTUALLY stupid! We (Asians) carry out majority of the work there! An Indian student is a priced possession there. For several years, the most famous Universities in the world are being topped by Indians. The average American spends twice the amount of money & 40% more time with their books/laptops. But they fail to match their Indian classmates! That’s the intellectual level of the average Indian! I’m not just typing anything here; I’ve actually had sufficient talks on a personal level with American students regarding the matter! So, the picture is clear… Youth rules India. Indians (seem to be having the intellectual capacity to) own Americans! And America is officially, the baap of the world! So, the Indian youth should be the strongest sect in the world, right? WRONG! What’s wrong here then? What the hell is it that’s holding us back??…

I’ll let you know… Today, when considered in its entirety, the Indian youth is the most misled, directionless, gullible, impractical & the most HOPELESS section of the society! That's likely to get many eyebrows raised, but I can justify my statement… The zeal & valour that the youth used to have not very long ago is long gone! I don’t see any vigour in the youth today! Barring a few inspired ones, & the remaining youth is heading nowhere & we are heading nowhere at the rate of noughts! When we evaluate their commitment towards their future, their job, their parents, the rest of their family, even their girlfriend/beloved, we’ll be able to see a constantly declining trend! There used to be ethics in the youth till a certain age (before they started earning) in the past. But today’s youth is losing their ethics, their “goodwill” & even their character at a very young age…

All that they want is a bike, a girl & a pocket full of money… That’s pretty much about it! Here’s another success story… One of, if not, THE richest lady in the country, Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, (few of the “youngsters” know about her) had established her firm, Biocon with an initial investment of a mere Rs. 10,000/- at a very young age of 25. Today’s average 25-year-old expects his/her parents to give them a pocket money more than that. Biocon is valued at over 2000 crore today, by the way. AND, the worst part is that they don’t waste it to buy a nice trendy Gucci purse or pair of Reebok shoes. What they squander it upon is drugs, alcohol, sex & all those things that they should NOT be doing at this are, or ANY age for that matter. Today’s youth take PRIDE in being what was earlier called “spoilt”.

Just that “youth” tag seems to make them feel like they are all mighty; some even seem to think of themselves as the almighty (pun intended)! It may be true that the YOUTH is the future, but what they FAIL to understand is that they need to prove themselves in the PRESENT first! Of all my acquaintances combined, no more than 10% of them have an answer to the million dollar question: “What do you want to do after you complete your graduation? Where do you see yourself 10 years down the line? AND what are you doing about it in the present?” AND, out of those, over 70% have one of the following same monotonous answers:

1. “I’ll join where my friend, girlfriend, ex-girlfriend or friend’s girlfriend joins!” So, if this X-factor of ours will decide to sit at home doing nothing, then probably so will our respondent!

2. “I will study further!” (Proudly inflates chest) “Which college do you want to join?” (No answer) “What coaching have you taken?” (Again, no answer!) “Which stream do you want to join?” (And YET again, no answer!!)

3. “I want to be an entrepreneur!” (A DIFFERENT answer, accompanied by a BROAD smile yelling “I’m different!”) “What product” (“so-and-so”) “Are you aware of the technical specifications? What about the initial investment? Any idea about the pros & cons? Do you have any contacts with the existing marketers? What’s your intellectual property? WHY YOU?” (By now, our budding entrepreneur is back onto his table, in front of the computer, working for TCS – the ultimate dream for all engineers thinking “business can ONLY be done by a Ratan Tata or an Aditya Birla who has had at least 6 generations’ worth of experience & establishment behind them”)

4. “I have rights to do what I want! I have seen 3 Idiots & Wake up, Sid! I’m least bothered what dad says! I want to be a guitarist!” – Some of these budding Kurt Cobains don’t even know how to TUNE a guitar!

5. “I will get absorbed into ‘some IT company’ & do a job there.” Sounds like a pretty good plan for a student who wants a “handsome” five-digit salary & a tension-free life with limited & minimal (infinitesimal) responsibility. But where are you going to be after 5 years? What if you don’t get through Infosys or TCS or Wipro or Satyam (Tech Mahindra) or don’t take you in? What if you received an e-mail one fine morning that they have decided to drop an axe upon your head? Recession can come any time, right? Is there a backup plan? NO! This brings you to a DEAD END from where only a BPO or a “sales manager/executive” job can rescue you, not for the sake of the same or a better life, but just for survival! And this stays with you for the rest of your life!

Today’s “youth mentality” is limited & confined to the lame & irrelevant topics that they discuss on MTV, Channel V & other internet forums. And of course! Everybody has a VERY strong opinion on whether pre-marital sex, living together in a relationship & homosexual marriages “is okay” or not. These are the “sensitive topics” today. PROBABLY because sex is behind their minds 24×7! So, they want to use it as a medium to showcase their je-ne-sais-quoi – their “open-mindedness”, maybe? Well… The main reason why I mentioned this topic in particular is because firstly, it happens to be the favourite topic in every group discussion forum, debate, etc. that I go to… And secondly, I believe that our entire society has become sexually ILL! Sex is EVERYWHERE in the society, but VERY few people seem to be willing to have an open conversation about it, if the topic is initiated in a hall, often behaving like they were about to get caught in an act of sin… Well… According to me, sex is beautiful, wonderful & amazing & we need to stop viewing it as dirty & evil… However, when NDTV or MTV comes & shoves a microphone in front of their mouths, today’s youth spew their opinion as if it theirs were the ONLY ones that mattered! To be frank, the world couldn’t CARE less about what your idea about premarital sex, homosexuality or live-in relationships is… It is supposed to be their personal opinion & their PERSONAL lives. People often espouse lofty noble ideas without themselves acting upon them!

We all seem to be very interested in finding out where Shah Rukh Khan’s house is & if Dhoni has a swimming pool inside his mansion & a hummer at the parking lot. But they hardly bother to bother themselves about the plight of the people in the slums of Mumbai, on our side of the Line of Control, or the POWs on the other side of it! Everybody is VERY interested in the WAGs, but nobody even knows how the Kargil widows gather four square meals a day, if they do, that is… Everybody wants to know at which dalit’s house Rahul Gandhi is spending his night; but nobody has EVER bothered to wonder where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the REAL hero of modern India, disappeared (Mind you, there was no plane crash in Taipei – or ANYWHERE in Taiwan for that matter – on 18th August, 1945 – Google “Jutice Mukherjee Commission” if you can’t make out what I’m talking about here)! I see lots of Che Guevera T-shirts off late… He suddenly seems to be THE “youth icon” of India, PROBABLY because he was a biker & bikes are “youth” objects… On the other hand, Bhagat Singh, the only REAL hero in the Indian history is merely a face in your history books!

Sachin Tendulkar isn’t god, God is Sachin Tendulkar – a sportsman who has mastered a sport which hardly 10% of the world knows about (In the Netherlands, half the population doesn’t even know what a cricket bat is used for – for a video authenticating this, you can browse Youtube for the pre-match segments from the T20 World Cup, 2007)… On the other hand, you wouldn’t recognize Mr. Abhinav Bindra if he was sitting opposite to you in a railway wagon (the name sounds familiar, right? Well… For your kind information, he was the one brought the FIRST individual Olympic Gold for India in 2008 at Beijing)! Heard of Pankaj Advani? No, he is NOT L. K. Advani’s son. He is the ONLY player in history to have become a world champion in more than one sport/game – billiards & snooker! I BET that 95% of the youth haven’t even seen what he looks like! And he’s just 23! Doesn’t HE deserve to be a “youth icon”? On the other hand, almost the entire country recognizes Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, even Abhimanyu Mithun, for that matter! More people know how to knock balls in pockets of a table than smash it over hundred & fifty feet away I believe! Personally, I am a HUGE fan of Sachin Tendulkar, for he indeed is a great player & an even better great person! But I REFUSE to accept him as a “youth icon” for the country… Sania Mirza’s marriage is the talk-of-the-town while nobody even knows whether Mahesh Bhupati & Leander Paes are single or married! The last time I checked, each of them were MUCH more successful than Sania Bhabhi (for Pakis), maybe worse looking & less controversial with a clean cult lifestyle. Deepika Padukone is a HUGE national senstaion. Prakash Padukone must be a PROUD father. Who Prakash Padukone? Well… I remember him as one of the World’s best badminton players during his days!

Wondering what’s wrong with this picture? I’ll tell you what’s wrong… Ours is a country RULED & STRONGLY influenced by two like-minded destructive factions – the news channels & POLITICS – (Ekta Kapoor used to be the third element, but THANKFULLY, not anymore). The BLOODY democracy is SO powerless that it does NOT give you an opportunity to voice your views! If you want to, you either have to have a strong voice (in terms of money, political power, media back up & so on & so forth) or you have to limit yourself to the “readers’ response” section in newspapers & magazines or maybe write a blog (like me) with the hope that some people read it & take some inspiration off it. Unfortunately, the internet is the ONLY place where the TRUE “freedom of speech” is protected… But what percentage of the youth read newspapers & blogs (or ANYTHING for that matter) anyway?

Here’s another incident: It was the summer of ‘09. General elections were on & a massive campaign was initiated called – “Let’s Vote”. The motive was to inspire people, particularly the youth to practice their fundamental right (duty) of voting… It was a large scale campaign. Everywhere I went, I saw those “Let’s vote” banners, posters, fliers, etc. I was handed a badge by a campaigner… So, I decided to showcase it in college the next day, not as a “fashion statement”, but to let my peers know of it. I would have considered my role in the campaign a successful one if even ONE person took inspiration & visit a polling booth that weekend. I was greeted with sarcastic remarks from a few people instead! I smiled them off for a while. But I am really short tempered. So, I picked on a random taunting guy. I just took a small interview of him in front of those other 8-10 guys, most of who were accompanying him in the taunting. They were very simple questions. And the answers that I got were sufficient to put his entire schooling to shame! For example, a “How many states are there in India?” got me a “26!” as an answer. And he could enumerate only 14 odd out of them. Asking for capitals enlightened me really! Here’s the list:

1. Punjab – Amritsar

2. Uttarakhand – Darjeeling

3. Madhya Pradesh – Imphal

4. Jharkhand – Tatanagar

5. Kerala – Cochin

AND, of course! The most frequent answer was “I don’t know!”

And then, we talk about youth involvement in politics. And it’s not about just this one guy. MAJORITY of the “youth” today don’t have the slightest idea what the capital of Tripura is or who the Coal & Petroleum minister is/was. Most of them are not even aware who Jag Jeevan Ram was & what the portfolio of his daughter is! The ONLY “youth” involvement in politics is confined & limited to rallies held by Mr. Rahul Gandhi, rioting in the name of Telangana, supporting/opposing the demolition of Babari Masjid & so forth. The ultimate benefit is reaped by the politicians concerned, by the way, not the youth; not even the ones who gathered for the abovementioned causes… We can safely say that wherever there is goonda gardi as a part of politics, the youth is VERY active. When it comes to the being a part of (& cleansing) the system, they are not even aware of the “ins & outs” of the system, forget being a part of it!

Few more numbers for you guys… With 79 MPs under 40 & 36 “at least 70”, the current (15th) Lok Sabha might look like a fine blend of youth & experience. But this is NOT an indication that the MPs are getting younger by the day… Well, another statistic tells us an entirely different story altogether: With the average age of “just” 46.5 years, the first Lok Sabha was among the youngest. This number has since been increasing generally, though the trend is far from uniform. For instance, with an average of just 46.42 years, the 12th Lok Sabha has been the youngest house so far… Although the current Lok Sabha has a higher number of “under–40 youth members” compared to the last, the average age of this parliament is around 53… In fact, this is the third oldest House to date! And Rahul Gandhi talks about “involvement of youth in politics”… Does anyone STILL think that there is more involvement of the youth in politics today?

Here, I would also like to question the “youth” about the young leaders’ contribution to the nation. True that the heir to the Gandhi legacy is the General Secretary of Indian National Congress & keeps spending time with the “aam aadmi” like the late great Rajiv Gandhi did; so what’s the big deal about it?… Even I play with my watchman’s kids… Even I can give a forty-minute-long lecture on “development” as an issue… Even I travel in trains, buses & auto rickshaws on a day-to-day basis… Does that make me a Rahul Gandhi in any way? Thanks to the (paid/biased) media, we all get the day-to-day report of what Rahul Gandhi does IN the presence of the people… But the million dollar question remains – Till date, what has Mr. Rahul Gandhi done FOR the people of India? Is THIS what a “young leader” should look like?… The most FUNDAMENTAL thing that we associate with youth leadership is dynamism… WHERE is the dynamism in this most eligible bachelor of India?

Jyotiraditya Scindia seems to be a really famous name in the country. I have read & head about him a bit & he seems to be a very fair & just man… Wasn’t he the one whining that he has “no work” few days ago?… Aren’t Parliamentarians supposed to complain about LACK of time instead of lack of WORK? Did anybody ever hear anything about Agatha Sangama since the day we saw her photo in our newspapers’ front pages under the caption “India’s youngest minister is a lady”? No! She didn't vanish into thin air… She is very much alive & kicking… But I want to see the Lok Sabha’s attendance sheets… [Yes! Attendance IS taken in the Parliament House; & there are no proxies there!] Once you go through them, you’ll quickly realize that these young netas don’t even bother to attend visit the Parliament… And why should they anyway? They don’t have their say there… The REAL power still remains in the diabolical hands of Sharad Pawar & the entire burden is still on weak shoulders of Sri Manmohan Singh & Mr. L. K. Advani while the real work is done by Mr. P. Chidambaram, Sri Narendra Modi & Mr. Nitish Kumar! The ONLY “youth leader” to have had REAL power in his hands was thee Great Madhu Koda (37), who is (rightfully) in jail now, with black money amounting to over 4000 crore (known) lying in his & his cronies’ accounts. See what I mean?

Has ANY “under-forty” leader EVER done ANYTHING for the country? How many even got one of the big 4 ministries – Home, finance, Defence & External Affairs?? Can anybody remember a Railway Minister in recent memory even below 50? If someone gives me a satisfactory answer to that, I will hand them the publishing & editing rights over this blog! And one more thing; contrary to the notion that our Netas are particularly old, you will be surprised to learn that the average age in other parliaments of the world is pretty much the same as in ours. MPs in the current House of Commons in the UK were 50.6 years when elected in 2005, while Japanese MPs were 52.3. So, it is a STUPID thing to say that the youth “are” getting involved into politics. They want to, yes! But they have been as successful in it as Congress has been in giving us a “secular” India.

However, I’d also like to have a detailed debate with those folks who love to hate the youth & enjoy thinking that just because someone is young, they are spoilt & lack “maturity”. To me, maturity is NOT dependent on a number! And I’m tired of drunkenness, recklessness, bad behaviour, etc. being associated with young folk, for I have known older people being more reckless & ill-behaved than most youngsters are! So, I’d like to insist that people stop judging each other (& themselves) by their age. Old people need to stop commenting that youngsters are immature & rash. At the same time, youngsters need to refrain from discarding old people, their ideas, etc. by calling them “rigid”… If they are not versatile, are we flexible? Do WE change OUR thinking according to their expectations? Why should THEY, then?

What we must do is CHANGE! The youth today, need the motivation to break the barriers of caste, creed, region, religion, language, Telangana, Rahul Gandhi syndrome, girlfriend’s (or girlfriends’ maybe?) influences & so on… What we need to do is stand up for what’s right & stand up for our honour… We, as youth must give, our best shot, to an earnest attempt to be a part of the system & change it, in the good of the country in its entirety… We must try to inculcate the spirit of patriotism, courage, justice, fraternity, MOST of ALL, build in us, a CHARACTER such that every mother of ours – our biological mother, our mother mature & our motherland can be proud of us… We need to develop common sense, which shall help us differentiate between the right & the wrong… We MUST get away from the ‘herd mentality’… We must … RISE!

Yes! We CAN be guitarists & not necessarily engineers!

Yes! We CAN choose to live together with someone we love…

Yes! We CAN drink, smoke, & gamble, whenever we want to…

Yes! We CAN “spoil” ourselves to the limit of destruction…

It’s a matter of CHOICE! And every democracy teaches you that in YOUR life, the choices are yours & YOURS ALONE! But then, we *HAVE* to understand our duties & responsibilities… Only THEN, do we have the RIGHT to say that “WE are the FUTURE”!… Right now, it’s looking pretty hopeless… But I have FAITH that a change IS coming! I can see a power rise & lift the country, AND the world in its shoulders, to make the world a happy home… A better place to live in!

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