BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN GENERATIONS-BY RAJYOGI BRAHMAKUMAR NIKUNJ JI

Most of us are aware about ‘Generation Gap’, which in simple language can be described as ‘wide difference in cultural norms between members of a younger generation and their elders.’ It can also be described as a situations which occurs when older and younger people do not understand each other’s point of views because of their different life experience opinions, habits and behavior’s. Though it is a very common issue, yet sometimes it becomes a very serious one.
The youth, in general, have energy, strong will and zest for life. Certain valuable characteristics of youth, which can be great tools for social transformation are not fully utillised by the society, as a result of which they get confused and disturbed. One such important personality trait of the youth is that they strongly aspire to do new things. They want change, not status-quo. They are not tied down to the past and are open to the past and are open to accept new things. Hence it is easier for them to adapt to any kind of change in comparison to the older generation, because the youth, wish to learn new things and are prepared take efforts and make sacrifices to a social change. Compared to this the old generation has, no doubt, experience but most of their ideas have already been applied to situations in life and they may not now have any new concepts and adequate energy to work in real life.
The old order has to change giving place to new and in this work of social transformation, youth have to play a vigorous role to usher in a new era. It has, therefore, been said if the youth are awakened, the whole world will awakens. Because not only will the awakened youth be a great asset for their country, but they will work, as leading lights, for children who, following their example, will prepare themselves for the down of new era. But, have the potentialities of the youth been utilized for the work of national reconstruction? Have they been given opportunities and the guidance to fulfil their dreams of taking the world into new era of the peace and prosperity?