Fighting darkness with light...

Actor Kiran Dubey shares her thoughts on the role of young people in shaping the nation, the challenges they face, and the values they must hold on to in an era of information overload.

“The youth of any nation is defined by how it processes the conditioning it has inherited and how it navigates the information in the world today,” she says, adding that while the youngsters are the driving force of progress, they are also vulnerable to being misled.

“When there’s so much information and so many options, it’s understandable for young, impressionable minds to be impacted. The only way to fight darkness is to bring more light—and by darkness, I mean lack of knowledge and awareness. Every individual must take responsibility for becoming more knowledgeable for their own sake and for their own sake and for the larger good.” Guarding oneself against misinformation, she believes, is harder than ever in the age of AI. “It’s important to think critically, question what we see or read, and check the source it’s coming from,” she advises.