Agitation Vs Discipline.
The agitation led by the so-called "Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)" has finally ended with the resignation of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan as the Union Education Minister. This piece is written neither to defend the agitators nor to hold them solely responsible for the unfortunate events. Rather, it is an attempt to understand what these incidents reveal about a section of the present generation. While much of the media has praised the objective of the agitation but some did also the ways, means and methods of it revealing the mindset of a section of youths doing this way. A closer analysis suggests that many young people today value constitutional rights only so long as those rights appear to serve their immediate interests. Had this not been the case, some of them would not have resorted to acts such as stone-pelting at the police, the use of violence, or the shouting of abusive slogans against the Prime Minister. These incidents also compel us to reflect on the role of parenting....