Avenues of livelihood and aspirants for jobs in the land in terms of both variety and numbers have mutually kept pace, obviously the latter outpacing the former by miles in our times unlike the scenario a few decades ago. The then male section of the country’s headcount, accounting for half the total didn’t have to take their place in the winding queues along with the other half mostly confined to the four walls of their homes. Given the subsequent emancipation of the females accompanied by unprecedented rise in their presence in schools and colleges including institutions offering professional courses, the earlier gap between avenues of livelihood and number of aspirants for jobs has tended to be steadily yawning, forcing the males to pull up their socks and bid without relenting to grab their share of the job market. In this backdrop, the country’s unemployment scenario, worsening year on year has put the successive governments on the mat. The plight of youth with academic credentials far below par cannot be described in words to the extent it is hurting them and their parents.
In the course of the dialogue between the top brass in the government and the eloquent worthies of the political parties in opposition, the core issue of quality applied to jobs got mired in unsavoury exchanges surcharged with emotion, which rankled readers of dailies as even making pakodas was suggested as a way out of unemployment, not necessarily in good humour.
