What has this world become.

 

Born roughly four decades ago, I remember things were much simpler back then, not that we were against the test of time, but definitely more forbearing.

Times were easier, technology was scarce but contentment was in abundance.

Born in a joint family, raised among seven other kids in limited resources, what we’ve gathered from our experiences is enough to fuel generations. But the question is what world are we giving to our children? Is it the world enough?

Where is tolerance? There is Ego. Where is joy? There is disgruntlement. Where is acceptance? People are hypercritical. Where is love? Oh! let’s not even go there!

From climate change to scams, from AI to Donald Trump, from Russia to Hamas, we were striding in reasonably but now it’s getting intense.

Being an Indian, we automatically have feelings for Pakistan (pun intended!) but it’s overwhelming now as I see the fourth or maybe the fifth Indo-Pak tiff (it’s not a full-fledged war yet!)

What bothers me more is the kind of people we have around us, who don’t comprehend the enormity of the situation and irrespective of their limited geo political understanding, are spreading fake news like wildfire, stimulating misinformation and deepening public confusion along both sides of the border.

The social media is flooded with memes, content creators are tirelessly rolling in, I see some are using the tragedy to fill in the social media profiles!

I hope Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars singles them out!

 

Note: This is not a piece of art, it’s just a rant!

 

Charu Agarwal