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