They are not being led but are leading themselves. They have maintained a fair distance from the current crop of netas (hope politicians are taking note of that) and have not allowed themselves to be tied down to parties-affiliated students’ unions.
Should the upsurge of young Indians we are witnessing on the issue of Jallikattu be construed as their anger with liberalism?
This may be a wrong reading of the protests spreading from Marina beach to remote parts of Tamil Nadu. The aspiring youth of this country, with no jobs and very little visible opportunities, may just be using this trigger to make a larger point.
Besides general joblessness, Tamil Nadu is reeling under severe drought and the hyper-emotional people of the state are grappling with a political vacuum after Jayalalithaa's death. The current political transition in the AIADMK and the DMK, the two parties that have ruled the state for close to five decades, is an unsettling issue for them.