Four Years A Soldier
The Times of India|July 02, 2022
Many of our young have no agni and aren’t veer. Let’s motivate them to be more than cellphone junkies
Chetan Bhagat
Four Years A Soldier

The problem with discussing the Agniveer policy is the same as discussing any policy that becomes political (such as CAA and the farm bills). Anyone who praises the scheme is labelled a BJP-supporting, government sycophant. Anyone who puts questions to it is branded a BJPhating, anti-government, oppositionfunded stooge. Such labelling is extremely unhelpful.

To say a scheme that provides jobs, even if for four years, is completely bad is silly. Forget four years, any scheme that provides a job for four months or four weeks may also have some merit to it.

What is worse than a job for four years?

A job for NO years.

What would you rather have the Indian youth do? Become physically fit and train in the trenches, or sit in their bed and watch Instagram reels of Bollywood actors in Maldives? Get a taste of a disciplined and hardworking organisation for four years or spend the same time playing video games and watching porn? Because the latter is what is happening right now.

The average Indian youth has no agni and is not veer.

Instead of consuming cheap data and eating processed atta, Indian youth can do so much more with their life. In this context, the Indian army has offered a four-year job scheme, which comes with tremendous learning, a salary and even a lump sum payment at the end. How on earth is this a completely terrible idea as some opponents insist?

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