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Jharkhand’s protesting youth are tired of ‘timepass’ and sitting
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The Indian Express
When education expands but opportunities do notThe agitation belongs to a longer story of economic and social change unfolding in Jharkhand.
Jharkhand’s mineral wealth and industrial economy have generated little stable local work relative to the aspirations they have produced.
AdvertisementRising educational attainment among a large section of Jharkhand’s youth has transformed this landscape further.
Extending this argument, Nilanjana Sen and Avishek Jha suggest that “timepass” no longer adequately captures the experience of educated unemployment.
Jharkhand’s youth have taken to the streets because they are no longer willing to wait quietly.