Updated On: 10 November, 2013 09:01 AM IST | | Moeena Halim
An estimated 12 crore new voters will be eligible to elect the next Lok Sabha in 2014 ufffd many of them urban, upper middle-class youngsters just waking up to their power to influence change. Which is exactly why a bunch of new youth-led organisations are reaching out to fellow young Indians, to engage them in discourse and increase interaction between politicians and voters
This generation, says Moeena Halim, is not willing to wait any longer for influential mass leaders and instead seem all set to take matters in their own handsu00a0
If you happened to be at the high profile and wild NH7 Weekender in Pune a couple of weeks ago, you might have spotted the guys from Operation Black Dot (OBD). The presence of a politically-inclined organisation might have seemed somewhat incongruous at a music festival but it was perfect for the 20-something OBD team to grab the attention of their target audience — urban, upper class, usually politically apathetic youngsters.