Young India - Then & Now


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Creator/Artist: Reshal Shah

Category: Communication Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2012-2014

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Presentation pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Raja Mohanty


Detailed Description

People often talk in generalities about the youth, having positive hopes in some sense as well as a few complaints against them. But what are the young people of India doing in reality? Why are they doing what they are doing, and what keeps them at it? These questions made me think that it would be interesting to talk to the young faces of my time and learn about their journeys. Looking at what others did in the past, in their youth, would allow me to reflect and understand in some way how we are all connected and how we have conversations, between "then" and "now," with a thread that binds us all together. The title of the project, "Young India: Then and Now," has somehow emerged from Gandhi’s "Young India." This Young India was a journal that had thoughts and opinions that inspired many people. It was focused on addressing various problems of those times, during the pre-independence era, and contained highly motivating views and messages from people who believed in their mission and worked actively towards it. Thus, my journey with this project began with what was happening "then" amongst the Indian youth. The questions about the youth "now" that were yet to be answered had their roots in the past, and thus, the journey of this project in itself became "Young India: Then and Now." Through this project, I wish to bring out the essence of these experiences through storytelling. The goal is to bring in my own image and text in an interesting way to give out the message in a richer form while maintaining the traditional strengths.


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