Generation Next!

Its prime time. News channels flashing India's honor in Beijing Olympics 2008 - Abhinav. Push any button on the remote you see him on TV. I feel proud. India feels proud. His home town boisterously celebrating while the journalist lines up at his place for taking interview of glorious parents of the Gold Medalist.

"I'm very proud. I provided all the facilities to him to make his dream come true. Moreover I provided my belief." said the father.

I think 'belief' was enough for the Gold medalist. Belief that my son would not fall this time if I take my hands of the bicycle. Belief that son's scorecard does not defines his character. Small six letter word yet it is prestigious & contagious for him.

"Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad." Can't remember where I read it, but it surely is true.

Parental support whether financially or emotionally is crucial for making history. Otherwise rebelliousness is the only road for living the dream for the kiddo. Nearly every family in India generation gap exist. How do we define it? Well I wanted to be precise so I Googled it. Here's what I got -

"A generation gap is a popular term used to describe big differences between people of a younger generation and their elders. This can be defined as occurring "when older and younger people do not understand each other because of their different experiences, opinions, habits and behavior."

Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_gap>

I think its inevitable. But can we minimize the gap? Yes. But who's gonna be the 'WE' ? Here? We - Kids or We - Parents? OR We - Both the parties? Well I'm not a father yet but hopefully one day I would be. But I'd always be a son. Can I make them explain that there are things in this world apart from 9 to 5 jobs? Well after approaching quarter of 100 years we are still deprived of belief. So 9 to 5 job for financial independence becomes our only option.

I read it in the papers that after the age of 40 our thoughts stops to evolve & gets ingrained into our skull deeply just like the taste saturating in the wine. I think we have a choice to grow, choice to be perceptible, choice to be psychologically agile.

We, the people of the 21st century can witness a developed India if we believe in our blood.

Belief is all we want.