In a way, I feel that is exactly what we are living in
I don’t think any other generation has lived through so much
of changes occuring in their Lifetime and mindset and outlook
in such a short span of time and with such long strides
Come to think of it
30 years back, there was B/W TV with just one channel
Doordarshan
(Remember this LOGO)
on the internet, while having a video chat simultaneously
To someone from that era (we ourselves actually ),
today’s times would be nothing less than a sci-fi scenario
20 years back, even divorce was taboo
Today, live in relationships are becoming passe
We are actually getting ready to be bored with it
20 years back happy and gay figured in chidren’s poems
as words denoting the mindset of happy innocent children
Today, … …. O Boy … Parents would want their
child to be happy but not GAY
Technology has made life so much comfortable
The Cell phone with the cheapest rates anywhere in the world
has connected indians like nothing else ….
If the Green revolution freed us from carrying a beggin bowl,
the telecom revolution erased distances in a flash ..
And RELIANCE, whatever their internal squabbles,
made the cell phone affordable to the local sabziwala …
From Guduvancherry (There is actually a place by that name in Tamilnadu)
to Mumbai, From Kashmir to Kanyakumari
INDIA started to talk and boy, India have a lot to say
Walk while you talk to SMSing the janta for their views
(even though it has created a controversy for the
students in college),
What an idea Sirji became the byeline
for all pathbreaking innovations
Computerisation removed the serpentine queues
allowing anyone with the knowledge of basic internet usage
to book their tickets online … Away with the agents …
to India and the consumer revolution began …
With no middleman to inflate the prices, India
now wore branded clothing and Brand India became
INDIA SHINING although it did nothing for the politico
The Common Man .. the man on the street aka R K Laxman’s
dhoti clad check coated Indian became the epitome of
“Saala Main to saab ban gaya” whether willingly or not
is a different issue (Don’t be a spoilsport now )
All of which could not be imagined even 10 years back ..
Ok, so what there is still corruption, the metro still tilted over in Delhi
due to shoddy work, there is the flu now and increased materialism
But, In the best of time or the worst,
From Global economic giant to Nuclear superpower
to IT hub to outsourcing of BPOs & KPOs
India is where the action NOW is……
