An old saying goes “ If everyone does what is his father did
we would still be living in caves”. Today every-one is running after money.
There are many who talk of values and morals but a few who really care for
these. Corruption has become the order of the day. It seems as if everybody has
become corrupt. The world generally and relationships in particular have
changed altogether. Gone are the days when a students as his own children. What
does this show? That we have lost our moral values. We have better resources.
Our lives have been overwhelmed with scientific discoveries and inventions. Our
homes are no less than show room of electronic devices which provide us with
comfort and entertainment. The world has shrunk owing to fast and easy modes of
communication. But do these achievements imply happiness and peace of mind? The
answer is a big ‘No’.
Howadays the respect of a person is evaluated in proportion
to the wealth he has. Things like cars, motorbikes, bungalows, costly
electronic appliance, all have become status symbols. The craving to own all
these is leading to various kinds of crimes. People and especially youngsters
want to become rich overnight without working hard. Easy money has become the
aim of their life. Television and cinema show novel ways of crime. The immature
minds cannot differentiate between good and evil; reality and fiction. Women
who once were considered the torch-bearers of goodness, traditions and
sanskars; incarnation of love affection and full of compassion are being shown
as schemers, plotters-a far cry from the likes of Sita, Lopamudra, Rani Jhansi
or even Kalpana Chawla.
Education should have made us better human beings, but it
pains me to say that in most of us, it has rather evoked negative feeling of
jealousy and hatred. We do not feel happy to see other people’s progress.
Adolescents like me are so engrossed in their studies that they do not even
find time to appreciate and admire simple things of nature. Science and technology
have no doubt made our life comfortable and hitech, but, along with this,
brought many dreadful diseases, pollution and what not as ‘gifts’. Every day we
hear of new diseases. There so many types of pollutions that even scientists
are worried about the very existence of mankind.
In the name of modernization, let us not destroy this world.
Our country has been known as ‘Spiritual Guru’ of the world since time
immemorial. We should be careful enough to make distinction between good and
bad. Let us adopt new ideas which can take us and our country on the path of
progress without forgetting our moorings. We should shed the orthodox customs
and rituals which have proved to be shackles and once again have faith in the
maxim of ‘Vasudeva Kutumbam’
It is not that we should go back in time but then we should
not follow everything in the name of modernism. We shall have to strike a
balance.
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