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By : Kavitha Shankar, Sr/Principal Coresspondent, ABC
Industry : Radio, TV & Films Functional Area : Politics
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Politics and government are treated as words with negative connotations in the Indian society. Interestingly, the same is not true for many countries in other parts of the world. In a first of its kind initiative, the Research Foundation for Governance in India (RFGI) has taken up the task of educating the young minds of Ahmedabad about how the political systems across the world work.

Curtis Riep, a graduate in international relations from University of Calgary, Canada; Ramiro Gomes Monteiro, political sciences and history student at Utrecht University, Netherlands; Catherine See, student of international relations at the National University of Malaysia; Katie Farrer, bachelor of law and political science at University of Otago, New Zealand; Joshua Stark, student of international development from McGill University, Canada; along with Swar Shah, Apoorv Shah and Kanan Dhru of the RFGI team have been visiting different schools and colleges in the city.

They interact with youths about their political systems and are encourage them to participate more actively in politics and governance for a better-governed society. This is being done as part of the 'My Government' project of RFGI, whereby education is imparted to children so that they positively consider themselves as components of vibrant and participative democracy.

Some of the topics discussed during such interactions are international comparison of fundamental rights and duties, corruption, youth participation in politics in other parts of the world and role of political parties and their ideologies.


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Inaugurated at the Mahatma Gandhi International School in the city, the pilot study has covered Sheth Chimandas Nagindas, CN School as well as one other school run by the municipal corporation. The sessions cover topics like introduction to court structure and basics of the constitution; understanding the role of political parties & their ideologies; basics of fundamental rights & duties; how political systems function in other countries; idea of individual needs and common good; introduction to how laws are made, how they are implemented and what are some of the crucial laws of the country and importance of voting in any democracy.

The classes are conducted by way of interactive sessions, using teaching tools such as debates, case-studies, presentations and role-plays.

The team will also be conducting research on issues such as legal systems, inner-party politics, making documentaries on governance-related topics as well as creating educational material on citizenship and democracy.

With this article I thought an important issue was raised here like Youth & Politics which most of the time people don't give that importance to and in a country like India where we have seen only senior members in the top positions when it comes to governnance. What do you think guys will more youths ensure better governance in Indian politics? OR there should be the right mix of young and old? What are your views on this.

 Top Comment : Satish Kumar   | 12 07 2009 11:29:58 +0000
I think there should be right mix of young and youth in our politics. We need lot to learn from our old politican.
 
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  Commented by  Srinivas suravajhala, Asst. Manager.    | 03 21 2012 10:53:35 +0000
I could say literally there is no youth leadership in Indian politics.  The younger generations of the old leadership is now taking the batten of political leadership to continue their legacy in the politics. We can not expect an out of the box thinking from these young leaders.  Example Akhilesh Yadav, son of Mulayam Singh Yadav.  He said and promised many things, but his actions are not much different from his father.  He seems to be a soft face of his father.  So my point of contention here is we need a new breed of young generation to lead this country.
  Commented by  Anna George, Web Analyst, NichePro Consulting LLC    | 03 14 2012 05:13:32 +0000
It is time to bring a rule that politicians must retire at the age of 65. Today's system in India is granted for all politicians that they can keep ruling till the time they want. This has to change. A candidate should not be allowed to stand in elections more than 3 times. There are many hardworking youngsters to take over. Give opportunities to the youth too.

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  Commented by  BESLY. P . SAMUEL, Marketing research, ITG Solutions    | 03 13 2012 18:02:35 +0000
More youths in politics will ensure the supply of experienced old politicians after some decades.Simple formula....But youths are bieng put in the position of chief ministers, home ministers and other key role are a clear case of dangerous  and irresponsible act of the society.

  Commented by  S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner    | 03 13 2012 06:09:11 +0000
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Kavitha ji, a novel thought, but this should be done with balanced approach; we need septuagenerian to keep the flocks together.  Young minds seek quick results - sometimes very hard to get one.  Tolerance, patience and observance of rules are the traits of our citizens.  Impatient youths, who formed civil liberties movement, have taken the war path within, which has now turned into maoism and naxalism. India is very unique in many ways, and understanding India's "Unity in Diversity" itself is a complex exercise.
  Commented by  Japan Shah, H.O.D, Oxford School of Management    | 03 13 2012 05:34:05 +0000
I like the idea of having more youth for better governance by you Kavitha
, but there are certain concerns of today's youth. They are more attracted towards Glamor and Power, politics offer both and they may get on the wrong track fueling more of scams. Proper basic constitutional education is required to today's youth. 

I always feel sad about our country's youth as if you talk any United States National he knows everything about his country's constitution and is passionate in speaking about it but our youth hardly recalls the name of our president.

So only the youth who are in today's politics are just like Mukesh Ambani or Anil Ambani, just taking forward what their parents have achieved. 
  Commented by  Nitin Mehra, Software Developer, ROBOMAN MICROSYSTEMS    | 03 12 2012 18:15:06 +0000
Well there were also youth in any political party. you can see the old leader who are here were youth when they joined the politics and now days also youth are entering in the politics. To just make a difference the thinking should be different and of serving which i think is like in the starting but with time the thinking move towards the selfishness. So not only entering youth can solve the problem but to ensure that their thinking of serving should not be change.
  Commented by  Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, NA, NA    | 03 07 2012 18:54:05 +0000
Most of the communities in the entire Indian sub-continent(such as Bengali) are succumbed in ‘Culture of Poverty'(Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is genuinely regret or get ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life, worst Politico-admin system, bad work place, weak mother language, continuous consumption of (common social) space (mental as well as physical, both). We are becoming fathers & mothers only by self-procreation, mindlessly & blindfold, supported by some lame excuses. We simply depriving the fundamental rights of the children a decent, caring society, fearless & dignified living. Do not ever look for any other positive alternative behaviour (values) to perform human way of parenthood, i.e. deliberately stop giving birth to any child till the society improves up the mark but co-parenting children those are born out of extreme poverty, instead. It seems that all of us are being driven only by the very animal instinct. If the Bengali people ever be able to bring that genuine freedom (from vicious cycle of ‘poverty’) in their own attitude, involve themselves in ‘Production Space’ (Henri Lefebvre), create one different pathway to overcome inherent 'hopeless' mindset, decent &  rich Politics will definitely come up. – Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, 16/4, Girish Banerjee Lane, Howrah -711101. 
  Commented by  Arunabh, Engineer, A.T.L.    | 12 08 2009 06:29:48 +0000
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i think that there is one short coming that hampers the interest of youth towards the politics is lack of experience in that particular domain 'cause it is not in thought-process average youth, if one wants to improve this one should emphasis practical training & application of idea at very elementary level of school & collages in every domain so as to improve one idea of involvement. 
Youth supported by present day politicians itself fails the total idea that kavitha has brought up as the just work as crowd pullers not more than that but if we urge for real involvement of youth we have act as a group representing requirements & needs of Global country.          
  Commented by  Manish N Chugh, Officer Trainee, Stock Holding Corporation of India ltd.,    | 12 07 2009 14:53:08 +0000
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Morning friends!! Yup an interesting topic long time since! Thank you Kavitha!
Yes, even i agree that in our political and governance system a mix of seniors(old) and the youth would make more sense and meaningful for the growth of our nation. However, the current politicians are more or less very much against the entry of youth. I feel, they think the youth cannot handle the situations how they do(just reasons to make their seats safer). Not discussing much on those, let me come to conclusion : i personally feel if youth are given chance to prove into this field, they can perform if not better but in par to the seniors however in much faster pace. The youth can take up challenges quicker and resolve them at much quicker time by using right technology and technics required. But not to forget this would not be possible without the assistance of our seniors. Sure, the corruption would gradually decrease with the inclusion of youth in the system... Thank you, Manish N.

Cheers!!
  Commented by  Satish Kumar, Project Executive (LEED), Conserve Consultants Pvt. Ltd.    | 12 07 2009 11:29:58 +0000
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I think there should be right mix of young and youth in our politics. We need lot to learn from our old politican. 
  Commented by  Prabhat nair, Correspondent, kendrathil    | 12 07 2009 11:14:44 +0000
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Yes i do agree that more youth should comeforward in politics.
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