A few days back, at Pune, I was trying to park my car in a slot that was empty, suddenly a man started yelling at me telling me that he was standing there to ensure that the spot remains vaccant for his boss' car. His behaviour was so crass it left me dumbfounded. I have started wondering, where has all the old world charm gone, when to be courteous was considered an hallmark of good breeding. We have always been taught to never raise our voice. When ever I go to a public place, the loudness, be it of music, or of the non stop chatter of the youngsters simply makes me sick.
Our festivals just cannot be celebrated without a dose of high decibel, ear splitting, music and fireworks. Our leaders, simply cannot make a point, without shouting or throwing histrionic tantrums.
We have to just look at nature, to see how it achieves the most wonderful miracles, with not so much as a whimper. Emily Diciknson, in her poem "Nature, The Gentlest Mother" describes this trait touchingly.
Is all this aggression really good for all of us as a society? Is gentleness no more a virtue? Will the "Sound of Silence" never whisper to us the wisdom of the profound? I can only wonder!
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Hello Sir!
I've been in this World only for around 25 years, and observed it only for around 20 years. So I have no idea of how things used to be in the older days.
But what you pointed out touched a chord with me.
In my limited experience itself, I have seen a radical rise in aggression. This aggression is promoted by parents right from the childhood. Themes like 'everythings is fair in love and war' have been elevated to level of moral directives, and are used to justify just about any act.
Loudness has replaced assertiveness in arguments. The unspoken rule is - 'truth is one that is spoken the loudest and repeated the most often'. Honestly, I'm very disenchanted with how the World is/turning out to be. I try to dwell among those who believe in the beauty of life and the human mind. But unfortunately, I have been finding it difficult to find such people. Fortunately, the internet has helped a lot in that regard. :)
Nice to read a post coming from you.
Regards.
Nowadays there is severe increase in 'Selfishness', people always wanting something in return for any fovour & absolutely 'Zero' tolerablity for anything against one's wish, we all know that our body responds to any type of stimulus be it external or internal by releasing specific 'Harmones' in the 'Pitutary gland' in the center of the Brain which in turn has control over different body systems which stimulate the specific target organs to respond to that stimulus to react to that instantaneous situation, repeatedly stimulating of these organs leads to all these chronic diseases like Hypertension, Diabetes etc but who cares ? as long as every individual starts to feel that the 'OTHER' may be 'Right' & not just 'Oppose' for the sake of his own self, nothing is going to change... like 2012 maybe the only solution > if REBOOT does not solve the problem then 'FORMAT' is a must ... not to worry what we lose atleast 'Start Afresh'... Normal (Hopefully)...
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