As Artha Beed writes in Economic Sense ('Youth power rising', #271) the best way to harness the power of the youth is education. But the 'Extreme Rock' show at the stadium was a gimmick because it did not feature any proper rock band and musically if someone thinks that bands like Axe, 1974AD or Robin & the New Revolution are extreme rock bands, then it is time for them to be reeducated in music. At the Jazzmandu show at Gokarna the crowd seemed educated enough but even though they were paying a huge amount of money they had to wait from 4PM to 8.30 PM for the jazz to start. For four-and-half hours they just heard 'mandu' and not 'jazz'. Disillusion reigns amongst the performers, spectators and the organisers. It seems they are facing an identity crisis.

Den Tshering Lepcha,
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