In the month of January this year as I turned nineteen I thought to myself that it was time I started taking up some responsibilities and one of my prime responsibilities was to register to vote. As I started filling the voter application I realized that our country was filled with many politicians who were in the field of politics from the time I was born. Old ,experienced politicians starting from our very own prime minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh, prime ministerial candidate of B.J.P- L.K.Advani , foreign affairs minister- Pranab Mukerjee, leader of congress party-Sonia Gandhi, defence minister-A.K.Anthony, railway minister -Laloo Prasad Yadav, chief minister of Tamil Nadu-K.Karunanidhi , leader of AIADMK party-Jayalalitha ,former finance minister now union home minister -P.Chidambaram and the list goes on. The above mentioned politicians are between an average age of 60-70 years.

India is the second largest populated country in the world and about 70% of the Indian population consists of the youth below the age of 35. A question arises in my mind as to how the youth are going to relate with these old yet experienced politicians mentioned above? I guess I figured out an answer to that question myself. We need ’‘mediators’’ and these mediators should arise from the group of vibrant, educated Indian youth. In other words, we need young people to join the field of politics.

To be a politician one needs to have various skills. One needs to have skills like good oratory, power to lead, courage, strong beliefs and confidence. Such skills are very evident in the Indian youth, but unfortunately we don’t have young people entering this field. Our country has only a handful of young Indians in politics,to name a few; Rahul Gandhi –the son of India’s two great politicians Sonia Gandhi and the late Rajiv Gandhi. He was born into a political dynasty where his father Rajiv Gandhi, grand- mother Indira Gandhi and great grand-father Jawaharlal Nehru have all served as prime ministers to the country. Rahul is now an Indian politician and a member of the parliament of India, representing the congress party. Sachin Pilot is another young politician, who is the son of late Rajesh Pilot who belonged to the Indian national congress. Sachin started his political career in the year 2002.In the year 2004 he was elected to the 14th lok sabha from the Dausa parliamentary constituency of Rajastan. At the age of 26 he became a Member of Parliament in the country. He is known to be the youngest politician of India. He is also a member of the consultative committee in the ministry of civil aviation. The other name that comes to my mind is his highness of Gwalior- Jyotiraditya Scindia. He belongs to the royal clan of the Scindia family. He is the son of Madhavarao Scindia. Jyotiraditya is the member of the 14th lok sabha of India representing the Indian National congress. It is a pity that only three names appear in my mind as to, who belong to the young brigade of Indian politics. We need to improve this current status of India. The widening rift between the citizens and the current political class can only be narrowed if we encourage more young people to join the field of politics in India.

A few years from now if we have young minds working together , India would then probably be called a "Developed country " rather than the cliched "Developing country"!!! So let us make a difference and bring about the change.