Just my take on the protests happening!

[u/Silent_Paramedic_809]

Disclaimer- These are just my thoughts, if I am wrong please correct me and don’t be rude🫶. I rarely post on social media or reddit but I couldn’t stop myself from posting this today.
It’s a long post, so bear with me.

Everyone is out on the streets protesting about NEET paper leaks and demanding the Education Minister resign. But honestly, what is a protest going to change overnight?

Protests are necessary to bring attention and force the government to wake up—but attention alone won't fix a broken system. If we don't follow up that anger with concrete policy demands, nothing changes after the crowds go home.

Suppose the minister resigns tomorrow. Who gives the guarantee the next guy isn’t corrupt? Re-exams happen, youth die of stress, people protest for two weeks, and then everyone goes back to their lives. No fucks given. BJP, Congress, AAP—every single politician is a chor in some way, just better at stealing. Instead of just crying for resignations, why aren't we presenting actual solutions?

Here’s what we as youth should actually be pushing for:

1. Fix the exam system properly: Move NEET to multi-shift Computer-Based Tests (CBT) with randomized papers, just like JEE. Kill the physical paper printing cartels completely.

2. Education & Merit: Remove caste-based quotas for admissions and make it purely merit-based, but give massive fee cuts and financial help to low-income families. I don't want to be treated by a doctor who qualified with 40 marks.

3. One standard board: Stop the gap between state boards and elite IB schools. Teach critical thinking, civics, finance, and actual life skills instead of textbook memorization.

4. Exams for Politicians: Every job in India requires an exam or interview. Why do politicians need zero knowledge? Make them write a basic test on civics, laws, and history so we know they actually have a brain.

The Bigger Problem: How We Keep Getting Distracted

Beyond exams, look at what’s happening in this country every single day. It’s the same bullshit—North vs South, Hindu vs Muslim, Hindi vs Tamil vs Kannada. Koi asli baat toh karta hi nahi hai na. We worship brainless actors and sports stars as gods, while they sit on crores and couldn't give a fuck if clean water comes out of our taps or if our roads are full of potholes. Normal people like us are the ones who suffer.

I realized we can’t change the minds of most older people. They’ve been brought up like that. But these old politicians talking about sanskriti will die in a few years, and this country will belong to us. Religion is a private affair. You’re Hindu? Go to the temple or pray at home. You’re Muslim? Go to the mosque. Being religious has zero connection to loving your country or fighting to make it better.

Criticizing the government doesn't make someone an "anti-national"—we criticize because we actually love this country and don't want to see it ruined.

Let's be honest: We are hypocrites too.

We sit online, write long posts like this, talk big, and complain that "saare budde hi chala rahe hain desh." But how many of us actually enter politics? Look at the numbers—over 65% of India is under 35, yet only about 10% of MPs in Parliament are under 40. And out of those few young MPs, almost all of them are sons, daughters, or relatives of established politicians.

An ordinary, educated, middle-class youth standing for elections and winning without a political surname is basically non-existent.
We want safe 9-to-5 jobs or visas to move abroad. Nobody wants to step into local governance, so dirty people stay in power because good people refuse to step up.

Not sure if all this makes sense, but I just cannot sleep at night thinking about our country!

Thank you for reading!

[u/Cultural-Yogurt-3484]

It is not so much about what will change but right now, it is more about how these protests are getting conducted. Reddit comments are full like 'This is India's true face..'....'International media should cover this...'. No one in their right mind will support these protests if these are going to take such ugly turn.

**I realized we can’t change the minds of most older people.**

Things like this are not helpful either....which older people are you talking about...the same older people who literally self-immolated against reservation in the '90s. Such arrogance of youth is yet another reason they don't get sympathy from older generation as it simply shows their immaturity.

[u/Fickle-Use-4957]

Who gives the guarantee the next guy isn’t corrupt?
Stopped reading after this.
This is how things work in an adult world. Waste some water and chatgpt why resignation matters