Swami Vivekananda Inspiration of Modern Youth in Social Development

Abstract

The world is passing through rapid changes as never before in modern days. This transformation has immensely influence on the overall personality of people in general and youth in particular. Young people become vulnerable and problems of economy like corruption, political scams, poverty, unemployment, changing climate, inflation, lack of contribution in society, frustration, insecurity and inability to cope with the change. In spite of youth being potential source of energy, society is not benefitting enough from its youthfulness because youth as a whole no not find any constructive role in the social development process. Therefore, it is importance as well as necessary to harness their energies towards social development for positive transformation of the society. Understanding Swami Vivekananda and his message and putting it across to youth could play an important role for social development. It is an attempt to study the role of youth in social development and its inspiration by Swami Vivekananda on youth.