The youth of today are in grave situation. There is unrest among them because they are facing numerous problems like
ambition, anxiety, identity etc. They have never rested on their past moments nor they have felt contented with the possibilities of the present. They are under pressure of high ambition which increases their anxiety and thus problems begin to come one after another in their life. Fired by the stimulus and success syndrome of the living present, the young
nurses an ambition to reach the top of the world, however hard and relentless the effort may be.
There is deep divide between the urban youth and the rural one. The former is in a state of defiance against the old order. They find it difficult to adjust themselves in the present set up and thus they become victims of alienation or estrangement. Deprived of the opportunity to develop intellectually, many suffers from the problem of subjective
isolation and self estrangement. Once out of college they feel the whole world not ready to accept them and they start to become rebellious in characters. This is the crucial stage in their life and sometimes they fail to get support from their
parents too who have thousands of complaints about their behavior.
At this stage they are prone to some bad habits like smoking, drugs etc. And finally some of them become criminals. The life of modern youth is centered around one question: how to make money. They equate success, happiness, fame everything with money and they are looking for the fastest route to go there. Sometimes they face suspense about success and anxiety about stealing a march over others. These are normal experiences that an urban youth has to live with in order to achieve his goal.
The rural youth, on the contrary, generally comes to towns and cities in bulk in search of employment after completing their studies. On the one hand they found themselves free from traditional institutions of rural life, while on the other, they have to adjust themselves with the youth of urban background. They find themselves in completely new surrounding and hence feel suffocated in the busy schedule of city life. It becomes difficult for them to accept the glamour of the urban areas and in this way they have to face psychological tension. Their simplicity is exploited at every
step in the city. As a result many of them become anti social elements.
Thus, the urban as well as the rural youth have problems of their own. They need proper guidance so that they may realize the reality of the changing environment and may accept the challenges ahead of them with right attitude. They must be guided to utilize their potentialities, in the right direction. They must be inspired to withstand the adverse situation. They must be realized that they can contribute towards a big push to their country's growth and progress. These steps will surely bring the modern youth, particularly Indian youth on the right track and they will not go astray. Instead they will be men of utility in progress of the society and the nation.
