The business community contributing over 30% to Punjab's GDP is facing several challenges, while providing employment to over 8 lakh youth in factories.
If they are not given the freedom to work and innovate, how can Punjab move forward?
Gen Z is no longer just the “young generation” watching politics from the sidelines. With a growing presence among voters, protesters and public voices, it is becoming a political force in its own right. But every time young anger turns into a movement, political actors are ready to step in, claim the narrative and turn that energy into political capital. So here’s the uncomfortable question: Is Gen Z finally taking charge of India’s political future or is politics simply learning how to weaponise Gen Z’s anger, idealism and impatience ?
जेन ज़ी अब सिर्फ़ राजनीति को किनारे से देखने वाली “युवा पीढ़ी” नहीं रह गई है। मतदाताओं, प्रदर्शनकारियों और सार्वजनिक बहस की आवाज़ के रूप में उसकी मौजूदगी बढ़ रही है और वह खुद एक राजनीतिक ताकत बनती जा रही है। लेकिन जब भी युवाओं का गुस्सा किसी आंदोलन में बदलता है, राजनीतिक ताकतें उसकी कहानी को अपने पक्ष में मोड़ने और उस ऊर्जा को राजनीतिक फायदे में बदलने की कोशिश करती हैं। तो असहज करने वाला सवाल यह है: क्या जेन ज़ी सच में भारत के राजनीतिक भविष्य की कमान अपने हाथों में ले रही है या राजनीति उसके गुस्से, आदर्शवाद और अधीरता को अपने फायदे के लिए इस्तेमाल करना सीख रही है ?
For earlier generations, television news was a primary source of political information. But Gen Z increasingly chooses its news through digital platforms, following specific journalists, explainers and independent voices instead of sitting through loud prime-time debates. The recent protests have further exposed this divide, with young people relying heavily on digital platforms to share information and challenge television narratives. If political parties once fought to control the television narrative, is Gen Z now taking that power back into its own hands ?
