Basim Razack ------------------------------------------English Debate Auditions------------------------Indus House

Society has left its odds far behind and come a long way with the pace of evolution in the thought, view, lifestyle and day-to-day life of people. With advancement in every sector of the nation and its society, mans outlook has changed, needs have increased and demands have grown. The appetite of the 21st century man for knowledge, wealth, success, prosperity, power and physical comfort is stronger than that of man in previous centuries. It has resulted in the formation of a gulf between the present generation and the previous generation. A very good morning to principal maam, members of the jury and my dear friends This phenomenon of I presented before you in this century is better known as generation gap. It is a term which is often coined to point out the different behaviour of today's teenagers. To put it in short a big conflict maker A youth's social icons, his idols and the value system to which he adheres is often not the same as that of the preceding generation. He might like to dress up differently and live differently from what they designate as the 'right choice'. I agree with my knowledgble opponent that thoughts and actions might not always be different. At times, they shall agree with them. Generation gap is not exactly a myth. It is rather a reality. It is felt in the real world when there is a clash between old and new ideas. For example, a man of present generation with a scientific bend of mind considers everything from a logical point of view while his elders do not welcome his innovative ideas. They rather try to impose their superstitious beliefs on him. A man with modern education hates to abide by old-age prejudices and customs which clutch the minds of the elderly. Women and girls are still not given the full freedom, they are still bound with customs. Todays youth are more versed with technology than their elders. They want their study to be equipped with desktops, their hands to grip high-end cell phones and ears to be plugged with earphones of ipods. Some parents who lead back-dated lifestyle do not understand these needs of their children, although they can afford them. The opposition between the generation that holds firm to traditions of the distant past and the generation that wants to advance with the passage of time bears distinct evidence to the existence of generation gap in the world of real life.
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Basim Razack ------------------------------------------English Debate Auditions------------------------Indus House

Todays college goers hang out with friends at theatres , restaurants or shopping malls every now and then. They dont mind emptying their wallets to watch new releases of their favorite Bollywood and Hollywood stars at multiplexes in order to while away weekends. Some parents are easy-going and allow their adolescent children to lead their lives in their own way while some others, though they can provide for such luxuries of their children, find the contemporary picture contrary to that of their times.

It is a common scenario to witness in metropolitan cities and even in townships that not only college goers but also school goers visit a video parlor more than a library. They feel more comfortable with surfing the internet, checking email accounts, chatting with friends, making friends online, logging on to social networking sites and reading SMSes than reading literary books. Orkutting and Twittering are common activities that most of todays children, teens, adolescents and youngsters freely indulge in. The vetarens want that their children to follow their traditions and inherit them to their offspring but the young think that these traditions minimize their moral views and values and make their thinking more compact and dull.A lot of peer pressure also acts in it on both Old & Youth as they are oftenly critisised and humiliated. Time has changed and demands for logical explanations have increased . Thus I would like to conclude by saying that adpting to the the new society is a very essential and defining feature. The bridge still exists persistently and may or may not change ove time.