Reality bites

We are told there used to be a time when people used to be honest about themselves-to themselves & to the world at large.

Today this seems to be a bit old fashioned. Today's mantra is to promote oneself and paint it as the absolute truth-this is called as being "SMART"-being honest is "DOWDY".That's why we have stopped believing our fellow human beings and see everybody with suspicion and/or cynicism.

People have also invented the word-giving a spin and we have spin doctors specialising in it. sounds a lot like witch doctors, doesn't it?

This is the time of instant gratification-and when somebody is down-people don't even cast a sideways glance-leave alone getting down to help someone in distress.

to deviate has become the equivalent of walking the straight line-this is reflected in all walks of our life. The newspapers report killings as if its no big deal. television promotes a decadent culture where less is more....

imagine children gawking at the music videos-they'll grow up with a feeling that wearing these clothes is the right thing to do and everybody in their neighbourhood is from a different planet.

And all of you may think i'm bit too old fashioned to talk in this fashion.