I was once a youth activist....

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Who among here in mylot have been one of those youth activist who rallied on the streets? I was sixteen years old then and studying in an exclusive Catholic school for girls run by nuns and priests. Students there were not supposed to do anything but study under a very sheltered environment. But I was the odd one out and my classmates used to look at me very strangely as if I had two heads when I started to spout about ‘isms’, social justice, poverty & reforms. I came from a different environment than my classmates and at home and in our neighborhood I was exposed to the harsh realities of life. So at sixteen years old I already joined rallies, slept on the street and mingled with the leftist groups. I had then the youth’s idealism, impatience and burning passion to play an active part in reforming our society and government. It was then that I also got to know the true activists, who actually sacrificed a life of comfort, live away from their families, in order to pursue their ideals and work for the betterment of our society. They are the people whom I have found to be truly noble and until now they are still fighting for what they believe. They would never give up until they get the reforms that they envisioned. They are the important watchdog of our country who keeps our government and leader on their toes – which to my mind makes them the true champions for the realization of social & economic reforms.