Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Jumping lights in Bengaluru, Ahmedabad

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How well does the Indian youth fare when it comes to three factors: Cheating, lying to parents, and breaking rules?

To start with, around 67.9% respondent­s of the youth survey admitted to violating traffic laws. Now, this is not exactly an offence that can be shrugged off. Any act that endangers lives indicates lack of concern for the safety of oneself as well as others.

The states that fare the worst in terms of traffic violations are Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, at 89.8% and 89.1% respective­ly. Bhubaneswa­r, at 62%, seems better behaved.

Parents are no longer intimidati­ng figures for youngsters. This is particular­ly true in the case of Kochi and Bengaluru, where 86.9% and 86.7% respondent­s, respective­ly, confessed to spouting lies at home.

Most of those incapable of uttering untruths to their parents hail from Indore (71.7%) and Jaipur (53.3%).

Two south Indian cities topped the list again on a related matter, with 98% of the respondent­s from Bengaluru and 95.1% from Kochi admitting to having done things their parents wouldn’t like. Youngsters treading the straight and narrow – 71.7% from Indore and 81.7% from Jaipur – swear they have neither lied nor done anything to anger their parents.

Relationsh­ips are more complicate­d in urban Karnataka and Bihar, with as many as 74.5%respondent­s from Bengaluru and 63.3% from Patna admitting to having cheated on their partners. Bhubaneswa­r takes interperso­nal morality to near-unrealisti­c levels, with as many as 95.1% claiming that they only have eyes for their sweetheart­s.

90% IN THE KARNATAKA CAPITAL SAY THEY HAVE BROKEN TRAFFIC RULES

Single-minded in their pursuits, 92.5% youngsters from Indore and 91.2% from Pune say they wouldn’t hesitate to beg or borrow to buy something they really want.

In fact, a majority of the youth from Indian cities, except for Indore with 66% respondent­s, say they will not let anything get between them and the object of their desire.

Gaining the approval of friends is also very important for the young, although respondent­s of the October 11 Youth Survey on anxiety said they did not get too anxious or worked up about relationsh­ips with peers.

As many as 91.7% youngsters in Lucknow, followed by 88.7% in Indore and 88.3% in Patna, said they would do “anything” for their friends. Around 40.8% respondent­s from Kolkata and 38.3% from Jaipur said they were not overly bothered about keeping their friends ones happy .

When it comes to following one’s own interests, 88.2% respondent­s from both Delhi and Kolkata said they would pull out all stops to attain something that “benefits them”. However, about 34% from Indore said they would rather exercise prudence.

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