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have great faith in the power of youth. Youth have the
potential, honesty and courage to bring about a radical
change. After 30, old age starts and perhaps that is why
hippies say “don’t trust a man beyond thirty”. Scientists say
that all the cells in the human body are replaced totally once
in seven years. They have also identified the major changes
which take place in human life depending upon the seven-
year cycle of change in the human body. One of the most
interesting observations is that the age between 21 to 28 is
the phase of rebellion, creative thinking and new ventures.
Then in the next phase of 28 to 35, man becomes family
oriented and starts believing in what John Kenneth Galbraith
called conventional wisdom. In the following phases of
cyclical change man becomes more and more ritualistic,
and starts resisting any change and becomes more and more
interested in security rather than going out for new ventures.
In short it is the strength in youth, which can bring about
