One of my friends, who is a computer engineer by profession, always talks like a totally frustrated person.

In fact, he is regarded as a ‘complaint box’ in our friends’ circle. He does not like his current job where he gets a small salary. He wants to go abroad but due to his family’s economic condition he is unable to pay a hefty amount to do so.

On the other hand, he is constantly trying for government vacancies for two years. He drinks alcohol a lot and smokes like 10 cigarettes daily to beat his frustration.

My friend is just an example of such easily frustrated Nepali youths.

There are thousands of youths in Nepal whose mental status is not stable and are constantly struggling with their fragile state of mind. There are many reasons for this. Some days ago, about 3300 youths passed the EPS test to be able to work in South Korea.

The worst part is more than 70,000 Nepali youths attended that examination. It is just a minor instance of a dangerous scenario of unemployment in our country.

Literally, most youths do not want to stay in the country.

Everybody talks about their abroad plans. And those who are staying in Nepal are vying for government jobs. Since private institutions generally don’t pay well, qualified youths are attracted toward government jobs.

One obstacle youths face is they do not have a high level person recommending them. Actually, nepotism is at its peak that it’s hard to get government jobs only with your qualification and skills.

The overwhelming development of technology also plays a vital role in making youth vulnerable to frustration these days. We can watch marvellous underground train facilities in Japan in our mobile phone, and our imagination soars!

Moreover, youths get a diverse set of contents through social media that may influence their desires and mental states. Back home, we cannot even get to see minimum infrastructure. It pushes youths to go abroad as soon as possible.

If youths look at political condition there will be more frustration and pain. On an average governments change every six or nine months due to the greedy and power-centric nature of political parties.

Frequent government changes will further dampen our pace of development which is already very slow.

Frustrated youths may seek mental peace through meditation and yoga. It helps a lot to gain mental composure.

Optimism should be our jewelry to wear every time.