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India has the world’s largest youth population—356 million—according to the UN. We asked the heads of four non-profits how this demographic is relevant to them.

For the love of the country

Aakar Patel, executive director, Amnesty International India

I have been in the development sector (funny how the word “development” can hold such wide meaning) for three months or so. I have some initial observations about the people in it which I thought you may find interesting.

The first thing is that it makes me optimistic about India. That is saying something because, as readers of this paper will know, I have long held a very negative (some would say prejudiced and overly cruel) view of this country’s inhabitants. This is being eroded, gently, by my immersion into this habitat of the very civilized............Read more

 

Source: livemint