It's time to define the new era. Our faith has been shaken. We've lost confidence in our leaders and in our institutions. Our beliefs have been tested. We've discredited the notion that the world would ever change. Our expectations have been dashed. We've abandoned the idea of Love hope and happiness. we have finally accepted that the fairy tale ending of "ever after" is just that. A fairy tale. we are seduced by the idea that picking up the pieces and simply tweaking the formula will get the party started again. Its that tym when we have flushed down the drain our imagination, inspiration and ingenuity. In spite of our best thinking and most searing experience, our ideas about growth and success are mired in a boom-bust mentality. Like the mice followed the pied piper, we follow the trends. Very few stand up to break them. When an old man sat down to fast against corruption. we so blindly sat with him. Us the younger generation. The future. Wi is it that so few of us even questioned this man. Not that i am insinuating that his cause needed any questioning.And also, i look around and wonder, how the very ones who pay the Traffic seargent/Constable for whatever reasons get so worked up about corruption.But that is beyond the point. Wi was this not initiated by anoyone from our generation. The generation X,Y or Z or whatever....
I sit down today to lament and woe on the state of affairs for one reason. On TV there was a list of magical moments in India since Independence, and i realised that the one which gave me goosebumps and made me introspect and be proud of my country were the ones that happened decades before. I see images on fB wall claiming us to be the best generation for the things we enjoyed but not the things we changed. We, the new generation are so allured to the "American dream" that we forget our own. No.... This should not be.Those who are lit by that passion are the object of envy among their peers and the subject of intense curiosity. They are the source of good ideas. They make the extra effort. They demonstrate the commitment. They are the ones who, day by day, will rescue this drifting ship. And they will be rewarded. With money, sure, and responsibility, undoubtedly. But with something even better too: the kind of satisfaction that comes with knowing your place in the world.