Jobless: The Goatlife of Indian Youth | Joe-metric View |

A widely talked about movie this week is Goatlife, the movie adaptation of a 2008 novel by Benyamin.

It's the tale of a Kerala youth who lands in Saudi Arabia in the early 1990s seeking better prospects, but ends up trapped in the middle of a desert forced to herd goats, not even allowed to wash himself and no way to escape.

Even three decades later, Indian youth are desperate for jobs. Ironically, at a time when India is the fastest growing major economy.

An IHD-ILO study, India Employment Report 2024 underlines the sorry state of youth employment in India. Of India's total unemployed, 83% are comprised of youth under 34 years, as of 2022.

Also, nearly 90% of all employed Indians are employed informally.

This is election time. The right time to. bring this serious matter to the limelight.