India's growing Army of Herbivore Males

India's Economy has been growing at breathtaking speed for more than two decades now. There have been comments and articles on the different aspects of India's Economic Development, as well as the Social Revolution that it has entailed. But an often overlooked consequence of these two revolutions in India is the impact that they have had on the Indian Upper Classes.

In this post I wish to deal with a particular change that is taking place rapidly in India. This change is the emergence of the 'Herbivore Male' on the Indian Scene. So what is a Herbivore male, you might ask. The answer to that is pretty simple. A Herbivore male is characterized by a lack of interest in interacting with the society at large and a tendency to stay put in their own rooms/homes while enjoying videogames or some online activities. 

Herbivore Males generally don't have any real life friends. They also do not seem to be interested in the Opposite Sex. They generally suffer from some sort of Videogame addiction and very often, live with their parents. In India, the rise of the Herbivore Male is but a few short years old. If one lives among the Indian Upper classes, it becomes obvious that there is something very wrong with a major section of our young population. The prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder has skyrocketed, many kids are becoming obese and refuse to go out and play, and many young men do not wish to, or seem to be afraid of, socializing with the opposite Gender.

And the numbers are not declining; with Government workers getting massive pay hikes every few years and the Private Sector providing millions of high paying jobs, the Upper Classes have grown like never before. People have so much disposable income that they can essentially live almost the same lifestyle as their Counterparts in the West, while still being in a third World country. Furthermore, the traditional Indian Family is taking a hit and this is having a lot of negative consequences for kids as they develop low self esteem, Social Anxiety and other psychological issues due to a lack of attention from their parents.

All in all, I believe that this downward trend for Upper Class Indian kids will continue and we'll probably have a million strong army of Instant-noodle sustained Social Zombies very soon, unless that figure has already been breached.