A Sociological Perspective of Generation Gap

In recent years the problem of unrest among the youth is on increase, because youths of today are very much influenced by the process of modernization than their parents. Hence there is lot of difference in attitudes, values, behaviour patterns and aspirations between youths and their parents. This type of difference is not of recent origin but the magnitude of the difference is greater today due to impact of modernization in India. India is one of the developing countries of the world with a fairly heterogeneous population in which the process of modernization is most visible. After independence Indian society is undergoing rapid socio-cultural changes due to this continuing process of modernization. The spread of urbanization, literacy and industrialization have brought about distinctive psycho-social changes in the personality structure of the individuals, who exposed to them. Therefore today we find more conflict between modernized and traditional sections of the society. This reflects in generation gap.