Critically examine the effects of globalisation on the youth in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

Positive Impact on Youth:

○ Better Employment Opportunities: in MNCs like Google, Apple

○ New Ideas of life eg: egalitarianism, social equality, as seen in Scandinavia

○ Better Connection: with world to know happening. E.g. News on Facebook

○ Expression: due to social media proliferation

○ Independence: due to better finance & Western culture influence.

Negative Impact:

○ Reduced kinship Ties: due to disintegration of joint households

○ Skewed Impact: due to bias against sexual & marginalised youth (LGBTQ, Dalit in particular)

○ Blind Westernisation: Craze loss of own identity. Eg: Jeans over dhoti

○ Poor Health: Due to McDonalidization of food habits. Eg: Fast food.

○ Yuppy Culture: Not contributing to National progress

Modernisation sees Westernisation

[Delusion] → Preserve own culture (M.N Srinivasan)

Evoke equal opportunities to all

— Aditya Mathur · AIR 98