India’s youth afraid of failure, insecure

An overwhelming majority of India’s youth admit to being afraid of failure and ‘not doing the right thing’ in life. More than 63% of young men and women in the HT-MaRS Youth Survey 2017 concede the future makes them insecure and 64.1% worry about taking important examinations that will potentially open the doors to academic and career opportunities. 2017

Topping the findings since 2013 as India’s most powerful political icon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been again voted as not just the best living role model in the world, but also the biggest icon in Indian politics.

The survey attempts to probe the minds of India’s youth, the driving force that will determine the growth trajectory of not just the country, but the world. India will have 34.33% share of youth in world population by 2020.

With a sample size of 5,700 people aged between 18-21 and 22-25, from across 16 state capitals and major towns, the survey gives interesting insights into their shopping preferences, relationships and favourite stars. The youth emerged sensible when it came to money, but not very aware on the yardsticks of health.

Many don’t approve of inter-caste marriage, and 85.7% respondents say watching porn is wrong.

We present the findings in a seven-part series starting today.