54 percent of Indians are now below 25 years of age. Young city or suburban residents between 15 and 25 years of age, with a zip in their stride. That's zippies for you. What do they think? What do they talk about? What do they want? What should they
The demographic bulge that has created these staggering numbers can cause a "revolution of expectations". It could transform us as a nation if we tap the implicit potential. It could trip us if we don’t! What do the numbers mean? Where are the zippies? What are they thinking and talking about? What do they want? And what should they do?
zip*pie n. informal (pl. zippies) (zippie*dom n.) A young city or suburban resident, between 15 and 25 years of age, with a zip in the stride. Belongs to Generation Z. Can be male or female, studying or working. Oozes attitude, ambition and aspiration. Cool, confident and creative. Seeks challenges, loves risks and shuns fear. Succeeds Generation X and Generation Y, but carries the social, political, economic, cultural or ideological baggage of neither. Personal and professional life marked by vim, vigour and vitality (origin: Indian)
APJ Abdul Kalam: '500Million Young Will Transform India'
Azim Premji: WritingIs On The Wall: Get The A,B,C Right
Paromita Shastri: TenderShoots
Suveen K. Sinha: AgeOf The Zippie
Anil Thakraney: MovingTo Gorakhpur With All Guns Blazing
Manu Joseph: TheGeneration Why
Velu Shankar: Teflon-CoatedBubble Wrap Cocoons
Ajith Pillai: DumbedDown? Who?
Sanghamitra Chakraborty: TheNext Stage Of Human Evolution
Indrajit Hazra: 'PotentialGenius'? Keep The Tag Intact
Anil Ambani: "IfYou Dream, You Can Do It"
Saumya Roy: TwixtChawl And Mall
Sanjoy Chatterjee: TheWorld Is My Oyster
Zippies: WhatThey Want
Javed and Farhan Akhtar: 'WeAll Have Our Struggles'
Sadanand Menon: MadCow Disease Of Self-Consumption