They are playing their own tune: Charles Assisi on Gen Z

Gen Z is criticised for being hyper-consumers who opt to fit in rather than rebel, but they're often simply trying to make the most of the world they inherited.

Not long after I began teaching at my alma mater last year, it occurred to me how much being young has changed since I studied at St Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

I remember heated debates in our classroom, as we argued over ideas of right and wrong. Today, teenagers respond to probing questions with puzzlement and blank stares.

“Move on,” was the advice my mother, now in her mid-70s, offered. Then I met consulting psychologist Kuldeep Datay, whom I often turn