rang de basanti

"Rang de Basanti" has truly revolutionzed an entire generation. When I was in IIT I always perceived this bias against anything to do with politics which is fine to an extent. Even if it may affect ones future then there would be a feeling that we are elites and we dont need national politics. You might not want to indulge in it but it will surely affect you. No one is asking you to go and fight an election but why shy from voicing your opinion peacefully but forcefully when the situation demands. Voicing opinion does not mean playing drawing room warriors, if one is concerned one should write to the President, PM, CM, DM etc as the case may beIITians can safely be called elites and hitherto they did not want to lend concern to anything but US economy as if India's economy was not their concern. I feel that somewhere there is a lack of cultural foundation in our schooling system which lends this bias. Even now in the quota protests they joined at a very later date. The doctors led the way , "all the way", WHY?????????????

I believe this is because most of the IITians do not see their "long term bread" in India. So they dont bother with what is happening inside India. There is nothing wrong in going outside for studies and you might stay back by accident but if the thinking is that it would take an accident to go back is to put it plainly "unfortunate and deplorable".