India's 70th Independence Day - ignorance of today's youth regarding the tricolor exposed

India is celebrating her 70th Independence Day and, on the occasion, leaders hoist the National Flag (also known as the Tricolor), make speeches and patriotic songs are heard. But, it is unfortunate that majority of the Indian youth do not know the meaning of the three colors in the tricolor. Or - who wrote the national anthem. And - when such youths flock to foreign countries for studies or for employment, such lack of knowledge will lead to embarrassing situations.
A survey conducted by the Podar Institute of Education has revealed that the youth is unaware of several basic facts about India. The survey was in the 18-23 age group in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai - the results were shocking.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 15 August 2016.

The tricolor - the survey revealed that only about 10%, 12% and 8%, respectively, knew what the colors of the national flag stood for. The numbers improved to 22%, 35% and 20% after the respondents were given two options to chose from.
The national anthem - less than 40% of the youth in all three cities could correctly sing the full national anthem and, only about 42% of the respondents in Mumbai, 34% in Bangalore and 28% in Chennai could say who wrote the national anthem. After being given two options, the results improved to about 53% in Mumbai, 49% in Bangalore and 38% Chennai.
In the opinion of the Director of Podar Institute of Education, the numbers were a reflection of a worrying trend among the youth because none of the questions had a success rate of more than 50%.... a lot of the respondents could pick the right answer once the options were given to them.


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