Shocking scenario

Educating the youngsters

Equality for all

At the time when there are so many ideological clashes, rising intolerance among people of various communities, growing inequality, suppression of women, LGBT and minority rights, knowledge of Indian Constitution can free an individual from the shackles of discrimination. Over 200 city youngsters assembled at Samvidhan Square on Constitution Day , yesterday, to do their bit to raise awareness on fundamental rights and duties mentioned in the Indian Constitution for every citizen…Students from various colleges rallied from Indora chowk to Samvidhan Square to celebrate the Constitution Day on Saturday morning and they turned up with placards and pamphlets. “It is surprising to see that so many people know nothing about the Indian Constitution. When we asked some of the bystanders about their fundamental rights and duties, most of them were unable to give any answer. And this is shocking. We want to change this,” said one of the youngsters, Amit Sahare.It was interesting to see so many youngsters trying to educate the citizens about their rights mentioned in the Constitution. “We distributed more than 500 notebooks and pamphlets during our rally, highlighting the fundamental rights and duties of every Indian citizen,” informed a law student of Nagpur University Pranay Pillewar. Another volunteer Mayank Tembhurne added, “We distributed these notebooks which have the preamble of the Constitution especially in the beginning to a lot of school-going youngsters. It is important for them to learn about their rights and duties of as Indian citizens. This exercise is more important than reading Harry Potter in classrooms.”Youngsters present on the occasion also spoke openly about extending equal rights to all minorities under Indian Constitution. “It is high time that we extend equal rights to LGBT, women, senior citizens, minorities etc. and abolish all forms of discrimination,” said Ayushi Wasnik, a student of Raisoni Law School, who added, “Indian government needs to scrap article 377 from the Constitution and give equal opportunity and protection to all the people. The largest democracy of the world must hear the voice of youngsters.”