Then and Now

 

Then     and  Now

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

(original source http://annaitamiltv.com/?p=3842  .I have deleted  political  comparisons)

 

Then House full of children                                                         

Now  One   child per house

 

Then Elders  told, youngsters obeyed                                       

Now Youngsters tell, elders   are blinking

 

Then Less income, more satisfaction                                       

Now  More income, less  satisfaction

 

Then Job if you learn                                                                    

Now Job is   to learn

 

Then Relations all over house                                                    

Now  No relations   in many houses

 

Then Food was Medicine

Now  Medicine   is the food

 

Then   energy in old age also

Now   tiredness in youth also

 

Then Technology   was service

Now Everything  is only  Technology

 

Then Yogic life

Now  Machine  Life

 

Then Patriots    saved   the country

Now  Politicians are  selling the coumtry

 

Then in films one  slum song

Now Film  is only slum songs

 

Then  we ran to fill  our stomach

Now we are running to reduce the Stomach

 

Then in path of elders

Now in  parties  of youngsters

 

Then only revolution

Now only  failure of crops

 

Then , they went  towards  growth

Now , they go to films   and bars

 

Then we walked with swinging hands

Now we walk with   cell phone  in hands

 

Then cultivated land

Now real estate

 

Then courting   without touching

Now  Mixing  and  hugging in courting

 

Then  relations welcomed us during summer vacation

Now we go to   foreign land   during vacation

 

Then Life  was full of joy

Now   Life  is empty  of emotions

 

Then we lived in true joy

Now we live in false acting