EXPRESSIONS….
Money, money, money! Life is on the fast lane …..
Glitz and glamour, looming skyscrapers, Vedic parks
and bio-tech, flashy cars with status coming of age
from a privileged few to corner the mindset of a huge
spectrum. Peep over to the other side of the wall.
Malnutrition and AIDS reign supreme, hunger the
order of the day. Religious hatred and racial
discrimination a common phenomenon. Welcome to
the 21st century experience. The age of nuclear
defense shields, prospect of war in space and fear of
mass destruction.
The dynamics of this phenomenon fail to escape my
inquisitive mind. Every morning, the huge assembly
hall of my school used to wake up to the innocent
chant of peace, peace, peace! The eucalyptus forest
used to bring out the quest of unknown from the
bubbling souls of ours. I grew up with the optimistic
myth of 'Superman' parallel to the more realistic
'Batman' patrolling the dark shark infested Gotham
City. The innocence in me and the purity of Tintin and
Snowy is a love forever. If I were to be reborn, I would
prefer Holmes or Poirot. The beautiful game of cricket
with eleven men in whites and a red cherry showed me the subtle intricacies of teamwork. During my college days, I got introduced to Russian literature.
Dostoyevsky mesmerized me, Chekhov brought out
the laughter. Kurasawa's "Red Beard" did the
unbelievable - watching the movie, I felt the moistness
on my cheek. The Beatles took me to an eternal
romantic journey while Pink Floyd revolutionized me.
Swami Vivekananda taught me the meaning of
religion. Management education instilled me with the
curiosity to know the day-to-day dynamics of the
present- stock markets, branding and transactional
analysis. I can feel the waking up of a dormant part of
my soul.
But as I sit back in my room and try to introspect the
world around me, melancholy creeps in. Where is the
world heading? Ideological vacuum in the political
arena, spiritual void in the religious establishments and the reasoning and philosophical emptiness in myfellow beings. Was this situation inevitable or is it a
Frankenstein? I don't know!
Money is important; we need it to survive and enjoy
life. It is a medium of mutual co-operation to achieve
happiness. Sadly, we don't know how to manage it. Our greed overpowers us. Today is a scenario of a mad rush towards fame, recognition and money is the indicator. Competition unfortunately is diminishing the morals instead of the noble objective it is supposed to do. Materialistic benefits are fast overtaking the humanaspects, so are wars for oilfields, communal clashes,
decreasing tolerance levels, increasing divorce ratesand hatred. The most frightening feature is the great divide in education. Literacy grows a society, development is inevitable. Thus, is the Japanese upsurge post World War destruction. The world cannot just afford billions of illiterates. Knowledge is power, wisdom blooms. Whom do we wish to destroy with nuclear warheads? Why do we need nuclear war shields? Whom do we fear? …. And when inside our homes and next door, people are already dying! Let us fear nature and combat it. Hurricane Katrina left even the mighty America reeling.
India survived numerous foreign onslaughts due to its
spiritual richness. Why can't we show the world the
road to salvation? Let there be an amalgamation of
Eastern and Western values. These need to be reflected in the WTO, G-8 summits instead of the narrow discussions which lead us to nowhere.
A literate, disease free, spiritually sound and
scientifically advanced society should be the main
theme of global discussions. Is this ever possible?
Mankind has come a long way since the primitive life.
We need to start again. The road is tough and
challenges are numerous. First, we need to cast away
our petty differences and think as a single entity. The
world might be a 'global village', but is it a 'happy
global family'?:-)
Money, money, money! Life is on the fast lane …..
Glitz and glamour, looming skyscrapers, Vedic parks
and bio-tech, flashy cars with status coming of age
from a privileged few to corner the mindset of a huge
spectrum. Peep over to the other side of the wall.
Malnutrition and AIDS reign supreme, hunger the
order of the day. Religious hatred and racial
discrimination a common phenomenon. Welcome to
the 21st century experience. The age of nuclear
defense shields, prospect of war in space and fear of
mass destruction.
The dynamics of this phenomenon fail to escape my
inquisitive mind. Every morning, the huge assembly
hall of my school used to wake up to the innocent
chant of peace, peace, peace! The eucalyptus forest
used to bring out the quest of unknown from the
bubbling souls of ours. I grew up with the optimistic
myth of 'Superman' parallel to the more realistic
'Batman' patrolling the dark shark infested Gotham
City. The innocence in me and the purity of Tintin and
Snowy is a love forever. If I were to be reborn, I would
prefer Holmes or Poirot. The beautiful game of cricket
with eleven men in whites and a red cherry showed me the subtle intricacies of teamwork. During my college days, I got introduced to Russian literature.
Dostoyevsky mesmerized me, Chekhov brought out
the laughter. Kurasawa's "Red Beard" did the
unbelievable - watching the movie, I felt the moistness
on my cheek. The Beatles took me to an eternal
romantic journey while Pink Floyd revolutionized me.
Swami Vivekananda taught me the meaning of
religion. Management education instilled me with the
curiosity to know the day-to-day dynamics of the
present- stock markets, branding and transactional
analysis. I can feel the waking up of a dormant part of
my soul.
But as I sit back in my room and try to introspect the
world around me, melancholy creeps in. Where is the
world heading? Ideological vacuum in the political
arena, spiritual void in the religious establishments and the reasoning and philosophical emptiness in myfellow beings. Was this situation inevitable or is it a
Frankenstein? I don't know!
Money is important; we need it to survive and enjoy
life. It is a medium of mutual co-operation to achieve
happiness. Sadly, we don't know how to manage it. Our greed overpowers us. Today is a scenario of a mad rush towards fame, recognition and money is the indicator. Competition unfortunately is diminishing the morals instead of the noble objective it is supposed to do. Materialistic benefits are fast overtaking the humanaspects, so are wars for oilfields, communal clashes,
decreasing tolerance levels, increasing divorce ratesand hatred. The most frightening feature is the great divide in education. Literacy grows a society, development is inevitable. Thus, is the Japanese upsurge post World War destruction. The world cannot just afford billions of illiterates. Knowledge is power, wisdom blooms. Whom do we wish to destroy with nuclear warheads? Why do we need nuclear war shields? Whom do we fear? …. And when inside our homes and next door, people are already dying! Let us fear nature and combat it. Hurricane Katrina left even the mighty America reeling.
India survived numerous foreign onslaughts due to its
spiritual richness. Why can't we show the world the
road to salvation? Let there be an amalgamation of
Eastern and Western values. These need to be reflected in the WTO, G-8 summits instead of the narrow discussions which lead us to nowhere.
A literate, disease free, spiritually sound and
scientifically advanced society should be the main
theme of global discussions. Is this ever possible?
Mankind has come a long way since the primitive life.
We need to start again. The road is tough and
challenges are numerous. First, we need to cast away
our petty differences and think as a single entity. The
world might be a 'global village', but is it a 'happy
global family'?:-)
1 Comments:
I thoroughly agree with the statement which u have mentioned in the article i.e. "Competition unfortunately is diminishing the morals instead of the noble objective it is supposed to do. Materialistic benefits are fast overtaking the humanaspects", but at the same time buddy we are all well versed with the saying that everything is fair in love and war. As per the present scenario the race to success is a dogfight where it is a no holds barred rules for all in the battlefield of professionalism. So I do agree with u but at the same time we must also not forget that nothing is in absolute terms in the world nowadays. Because something which may be detrimental 2 ur ethics may just turn turn out to be a catalyst for someone to put forward that extra effort in them in order to prove their worth over the others, because at the end of the day when we fail to meet up to our expectations in comparison to the others, there would be no room for ethics to play a part, because nowadays we are only measured by what our achievements are and not by what means we undertake to follow them. U must have surely heard the saying "Jo dikhta hai, Wohi Bikta hai".
The article was fantasic but dont take it as a criticism. It is only what my views are because at the end of the day I believe we all are nothing but mere puppets at the hands of changing faces of the nature of society. Please mail me at rajdeep_rocky@rediffmail.com for letting me know about your views on my philosophy of proffesionalism.
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