NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 9, 2006: Twenty-five-year old Namit Bhalla is an account manager at Times jobs.com. He is a regular guy with regular tastes but quite a contrast to that, Namit also spends half an hour every morning doing his puja and reciting shlokas. Namit fasts on Tuesdays and on Navratra, and visits Vaishno Devi temple once every year. The youth today are wearing religion and they are wearing it with pride. They show it by either wearing images of the Gods and symbols in their t-shirts or using them as wallpapers on their mobile phones or even their PCs for that matter. They even use the shlokas as their ring tones. “It is in style and in fashion and besides that it gives a traditional look,” says a youth. “Youth symbolizes freedom, adventure and romanticism, and all these things could be expressed through religion,” says associate professor, Department of Political Science, JNU, Professor Pralay Kanungo. “Hindu and proud of it,” seems to be the new mantra for a lot of young people these days.
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