The paradox of our age
By
P.R.Ramachander
(Based on the short write up by the 14th Dalai Lama . I Am not
him , but I am myself and so
you cannot expect what I write to
be great but certainly simple.)
1.Our forefathers
used to live in smaller homes ,
In small villages
, with a very large joint family
But our family
size has shrunk to the rock
bottom,
And we all need very large houses to live.
2.The home makers
of yore as well as ,
The males of
their homes struggled day long,
Physically but were
having lots of time , but we
have ,
Machines to lighten our jobs, but we lack time for
everything.
3.Most of our forefathers studied in village schools,
And had no degree
but were indeed worldly wise ,
But each of us are blessed with very many top degrees,
But we need google
and laptops to take any decision.
4. The accumulated knowledge that our forefathers had,
Which was available to them was extremely less,
But we have huge libraries with tome filled shelves ,
AS well on line ocean of
knowledge, but their judgments
were better.
5. Our forefathers lead a life
with out problems
Though there were
no experts at all to help them ,
But we have
experts for each and every aspect of life ,
Within our homes and outside but we have only problems.
6. Doctors
were extremely few , medicines were still less,
And our
forefathers who were poor, lead a healthy life,
But we with multi speciality hospitals
in nook and corner ,
And with million medicines with us, do not have a healthy life.
7.Unlike our
forefathers who would not have seen their next village ,
We are all
world citizens who have seen every where ,
But each and every home
in their village welcomed them,
But we lead an
aloof life , finding the next apartment full of strangers.
8. WE have quantity
but no quality, fast food and
slow digestion,
We have tall persons
with very short moral character
We earn steep
profits but behave like shallow
human beings,
We have decorated the windows and doors but our
rooms are empty.
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