There goes the year 2018...what a roller coaster?.Look back,and you can feel the zenith and the Nadirs of those 365 days of your life .So much happened. Did we all experience it to the fullest? Did we live through it or just survived? Did it meet our expectations or are will still looking for some more in 2019???
We had the Geo political topsy turvy drama , starring the who's who of USA, China and the rest of the world gradually drawn in .The Russians and Indians to have put up a bold face and willing to take on the mighty. The Arabs have escalated the sand dunes and created not only a sand storm that has made the future hazy, but also created enough mystery, be it a princess or a Journo. Bits and pieces are being put together to solve these like a Rubik cube for 2019.The smaller domains are pushed into a corner and equations reworked and reestablished, partially , successfully or other wise.The Nuisance warmongers always finding ways to stay in the news trying to cross the self created borders and disrupting peace and not wanting what could be a harmony that could be better than Beethoven and its symphony, for their own selfish reasons.Arms exports need to survive and deals are more valued than human life .Mother nature decided to teach us a lesson and shook the earth in South east Asia, expressed her anger and disgust in Hawaii, set the forests on fire, twisted and uprooted the shores of USA and yet we , the people , the eternally knowledgeable ,ultimate gray matter , wish to disregard all these signs and continue our pursuit , hoping to have a better New year.Not one place in the world is at peace. Murders and disquiet even in the least expected parts of Scandinavia, SwissAlps, and the artic and Antarctic's have started giving up, with ice bergs giving away their defences and melting into the vast oceans .We , the intellectuals keep debating on carbon footprint and climate change , committing something to this world , which will then be made null and Void by the next political change that happens in 2020.Who is really committed?
I may sound pessimistic for the first time in my life I guess , but I wonder, who are we fooling anyway? The next generation and their next who we are bringing into this world? The record marriages that take place in one month of December in India alone, will dictate the population of unemployed MBA's and Engineers seeking to survive in this Tsunami of people who are bringing in AI (Artificial Intelligence). Even the elderly are being made into a business opportunity by builders and others , where we have old age homes with amenities you get at a hefty price and of course limited usage by the occupants. The children are miles away across oceans and throwing money to provide this care as they don't have the time or the will to reciprocate what their parents probably did for them.
Koreans wanting to mend fences, others seeking opportunity to take credit . Creating a ruckus in the first place and then withdrawing out of it when the sign of peace is remote in places they have nothing to do .The locals are displaced in refugee homes , giving up everything they ever had.They then try to exploit the migrant route and end up loosing their lives and loved ones. The European (EU) is playing its own cards anticipating an ageing population and no replacement, relatively little or no growth , economic struggle in most places and looking for bail outs, political turmoil's and change of guard in most of the places, Brexit's and other exits creating more uncertainty that affects the indices across the globe , where people invest money to secure their future. Do we see light at the end of the black hole?? This is a vicious circle and we just are being sucked into it .Wanting to space out into the universe seeking life on Mars is like running away from earth after creating all these issues.Every individual almost , barring a genuine few ,is trying to outwit the other and scoring a brownie point over twitter and Instagram's. Media , friendly, paid or just plain opportunist add fuel to the fire and under the pretext of educating the public at large create so much of trauma with gossips and exaggerated news that we seek solutions for the problems we create and keep pointing fingers all around us when 3 fingers are pointing at you.
Still looking forward, sharing emojis and new year greetings …….certainly .One needs to keep the spirits up...with or without spirits and yes , you have one life …..make it or break it ….Choice is ours.
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