Home Alone

Communication has become quicker, world has become smaller, Lives have become longer, urban India is developing rapidly and urban Indians are on a roll! I go to beach often for pleasure-walks and uncontrollably end up observing how my fellow Indians are living (rolling!). It was early evening and I could only see a kid, young adult and an elderly person, all three were alone. The kid was running around meaninglessly, the youngster was staring at the waves pointlessly and the old man was walking directionless. Why wouldn’t the kid have anyone to play with? Why wasn’t the youngster with his mates? Why weren’t family members or relatives accompanying the old man? Of course, I’m not saying that every Indian is feeling isolated but how many of us have never felt alone? We are home to more than a billion people and yet, sometimes, many of us feel isolated. Is the rapid progress of our nation also leading us towards isolation? No! It is our attitude/temperament (a more appropriate word is ‘Madness’) to continuously work, on many occasions stoop and cheat, to stay ahead of others rather than staying together that is leading us towards isolation.