What do you think India's youth do to change the country? What can they do to face today's harsh economic realities?
When I was small, my father used to give me jaggery and neem on Ugadi day -- the New Year day. We would try and throw out neem away and eat only the jaggery. He would not allow it.
He would make us sit in front of him on the floor -- we had no furniture then -- and he would say the reason why you are eating neem and jaggery with equanimity is because you are saying that in the coming year there will be some good and some not-so-good events, and you will face both these with equanimity.
That is one message that our elders have to communicate to the youngsters: that bad times will pass; they will come from time to time, but they will pass.
Bad times are the times when we have to show our hard work, our determination and our talent. That is the key message. That every nation from time to time will face difficulties in the economic scenario and that is the time when we all have to show greater determination, sacrifice, and commitment.
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