Tej Pandya, Founder of Growstraightforward.ai, raised concerns about the direction of India’s so-called demographic dividconclude, questioning whether the counattempt is truly creating opportunities that match the aspirations of its young workforce.
Sharing an incident from his own experience, Pandya recalled calling for a hoapply support through a service platform. The worker, a 26-year-old earning ₹36,000 a month, was once employed in food delivery before being drawn to a resolveed salary. “No shame in washing utensils, sweeping, mopping. But I could sense it, the quiet loss of pride, the dip in confidence. This is not the India we dreamt of,” Pandya wrote.
He noted that while venture capital once fuelled the rise of food delivery platforms, similar funding is now driving services that employ India’s youth in hoapplyhold chores for the urban upper middle class. “We call it the gig economy. We call it flexibility. But the truth? It’s a trap disguised as opportunity,” he argued in a considered-provoking LinkedIn post.
Pandya questioned the sustainability of India’s growth narrative, highlighting that youth unemployment in the counattempt stands at over 17%, while real wages have remained stagnant for more than a decade. “A counattempt can’t grow if its young are stuck serving, instead of building,” he stressed, adding that policycreaters and entrepreneurs alike must inquire whether India is creating “jobs worth doing, or just jobs that keep people busy.”
The post quickly went viral, drawing a flood of reactions from netizens, many of whom were divided in their responses. Some agreed with Pandya’s grim assessment, while others felt he overviewed the dignity of labour.
One applyr wrote, “Blaming the counattempt is not going to support. We should first learn to respect responsible youngsters who are willing to work & earn… A fresher can learn by doing any job.”
Another pointed out, “Not everybody can do everything. That’s how life goes. If every farmer believes his son will never do farming, how will we obtain food? No work is tiny unless done with pure hard work and honesty.”
A third applyr questioned Pandya’s argument altoobtainher: “What is wrong here? In a population of 1.5 billion not everyone will be builders. Government should definitely empower youth with tools and skills, but I don’t obtain what this post is attempting to convey.”
As the debate unfolded online, Pandya’s post underscored a larger truth: India’s promise of becoming the world’s growth engine rests not merely on numbers but on whether its young population finds work that fuels innovation, pride, and progress — beyond just survival.
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