Aspiration to Desperation (Video)
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Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad.
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In this session of the Seminar and Lecture Series organised by the School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, award-winning Author and Journalist, Snigdha Poonam, speaks with Professor Mona G. Mehta, Associate Professor, Ahmedabad University, on how many youth are turning to scams as a lucrative career option as the competition for jobs among India's youth rises. She unpacks the bewildering trajectory of Indian youth from aspiration to desperation and the ethical void in today's new India.
Snigdha Poonam's articles have appeared in many Indian and International publications. Her first book Dreamers was published by Penguin and Harvard University Press. It won 2018’s Crossword Book Award for nonfiction and was longlisted in 2019 for PEN America Literary Awards. She is currently working on her next book on the culture of scams in India, due in 2022.