“If patience were a qualifying criterion for state civil services, every aspirant here would already be a Cabinet Secretary!”
In the past, non-violent movements have only succeeded with nearly 3.5% of the population actively involved.
An average student in India spends roughly 27000-28000 hours over 19-20 years to complete education from LKG to a Master’s degree. In contrast, an active youth protester at the Jantar Mantar spent about 540 hours, i.e roughly 15 hours/day by the average protester for 36 days, which is about 2% of their lifetime educational time.
Now, adding those numbers to the ongoing Jharkhand students’ agitation over unfair JPSC exams, in 9 days each person records roughly 216 hours on the street, i.e another 0.8% of their total academic life, making a total of 2.8% of lifetime spent on asking for fair exam environments and transparent job recruitment. In the past, non-violent movements have only succeeded with nearly 3.5% of a population actively involved. The question is, with the already huge accumulated hours spent on the roads, do students really need more involvement to be heard?
