Yesterday's Bangalore Times front page article - Flirting With Danger talked about the present day youth having easy access to money, living on the edge, having a care or less attitude, dating recklessly etc. After the gruesome murder of Tania Banerjee by a spurned lover Gururaj the media (especially Times Of India) seems to sensationalised and stretched the episode way beyond its capacity as if its some sleazy tabioid news in hopes of getting more readership.

Though I agree that the youth of today do have easy access to money but the stale arguments against Westernisation, being rebellious ...yada yada have been used through decades especially when jazz made its appearence into the world, followed by rock and roll, disco, rock, heavy metal, pop music, techno, rap and currently hip hop (though in India hip hop still has not made a big impact)

Here I am talking about the so called 'Western influence' and those who 'ape it' as the 'in' trend so please don't bring up Dilar Mendi or who ever the latest Indian singer is for according to the impression given by TOI (which I am sceptical about) most of the youths who work in call centers go to night clubs, are promiscous, are becoming morally corrupt and....- oh for christ sakes its such a cliched argument that I don't want to waste energy typing it out.

Every generation has its distructive lot that takes the wrong path and others who become stepping stones for the next generation.

I know enough people working in call centers who bust their arses at all kinds of weird hours and generally hit the sack when they return home. And some from small towns send most of the money earned back to their parents to get rid of loans, build homes, get siblings married or buy land.

Using Tania Banerjee as an excuse to create a big uproar that 'kids' are getting out of hand is a gimmick and people should not fall for it.