DISQUS

phatichar · 4 years ago

Well Said indeed. You’re right, I see this erosion too all around me and it makes me sit and think sometimes. What exactly are we passing on to the coming generation? Are we making any effort at all to instill the right values, to show them not what is right or wrong, but what is logical to a better human development. I guess, it’s in the choices that are there, but what to choose? Don’t tell them what to choose. Tell them instead what happens if they choose something that’s gonna affect adversely in the long run. Getting across the correct picture across is very important.


Good post, friend.

Parna · 4 years ago

well said Manu. excellant post.


also, Ramana i agree with you totally. sometimes it is scary to think that we might pass on the wrong information and values to our children. did our parents go through the same dilemnas? am sure they did. but now that we are in that phase, it is a little intimidating to say the least.

Stone · 4 years ago

Excellant post.
looking forward to wat others have to say on it!!!

blokes · 4 years ago

it comes back to individual responsibility manu. i, as a mother, wife, teacher have to do my dharma along with the karma. likewise the engineer, doc, toilet cleaner, street sweeper, likewise the writer, the marketeer, the consumer...

JW · 4 years ago

Rock n ROLE? @ play a part

Ash · 4 years ago

My friends and I had a discussion in the same vein after watching Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.


The previous generation were revolutionaries. They saw what the world was like, didnt like it one bit, and tried to change it. Admittedly, they failed in many aspects. But I can't help their ..optimism.



With our generation, we seem to be too defeated. We know the 'system' sucks, but we cynically accept that it cant be changed, bury our heads in the sand and go on with our lives.



We are etoo cynical a generation.

NoHairBrain · 4 years ago

Dude .. yeah! flower power man .. like Dude .. lets roll one maaan ..
Did you just see that gorgeous naked lady walking by ? no ? Then dude .. roll me another of this man ..! Mah brain is fried dude.. yeah! Just chill Brothers..

Deez · 4 years ago

isin't this a repeat post?

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

phatichar: the problem is that what is 'correct' is always changing


parna: like is aid, what is right and wrong is not exactly sacrosanct now..

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

stone: same here :)


blokes: but how u r and what u do also gets reflected on the people around you and vice versa..

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

jw: :)


ash: still havent finished that movie... i have seen the first cd and never managed to see the second!!

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

NHB: was fun, huh? :)


deez: sort of.. coz it was on for a day, and then i replaced it with the rakhi post.. wanted views on this, so i put it back...:)

erratica · 4 years ago

can we really contribute is the question! watever i had muggd for karl marx ka theory makes sense now. for a neo flower power, the current order needs to be shatterd, n shatterin that to replace with marijauna smokin,
hashish filled order would be just replacin ciggies with joints .

Pallavi · 4 years ago

The path is more difficult now because there are so many choices.. ...it was good back then !! when you had lesser evils and more to do ...

GratisGab · 4 years ago

YES a movement is in order...I hope it comes with it's fun parts as did the 70's :)

Poornima · 4 years ago

I'd have made a great hippie! Sigh! My mom just doesnt appreciate flowers, power, love and peace!

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

erratica: which is why it should be a neo flower power, and not a replica ...


pallavi: right you are, right now its about doing a lot of things, and achieving nothing.. a shallowness..

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

gabby: lol, agree :)


poornima: yeah me too :)

Mirage · 4 years ago

Its coming bak...at least the fashion is! But the sentiments...sigh! Theyre long gone i think...

Nupur · 4 years ago

Ah! Is it deja-vu??
I really thought that I had read this exact post before...... and I was looking for my comment n ur reply!

A Cynic in Wonderland · 4 years ago

Yup. Its the era of self absorbtion. If it aint affecting my life, i dont care !

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

mirage: too long gone to bring back??


nupur: you would have read, but i dont think you commented...

J · 4 years ago

how i wish i was born in the 70s too. i wud have been a hippie for sure :D

Anjali · 4 years ago

I think the sad thing is that the 'system' has begun to work for some of us in material terms. And the material victory is so overwhelming for India that the rest of it - the loss of idealism, the dilution of passion, the corruption of values - ceases to matter. Youth today seem happy to revel in the new-found pleasures of the booming economy ... it will take some time before we have had our fill of this, and can begin again to get restless and look beyond the magic cocoon that we've created.

manuscrypts · 4 years ago

J: yippie to hippies!! :)


anjali: but hasnt the restlessness started already??