as i switch on the television set to catch some news and as i sit down to read the newspaper my eyes start frantically searching for something which will not talk about murder molestation infidelity dowry deaths religious wars…unsuccessful i put aside the newspaper and close my eyes my mind wondering how did we end up like this and where have we come to in our journey.As my mind gets busy thinking about how did we actually degrade ourselves to this extent….i lose myself in the familiar rantings of mine

 we are surrounded today with news about children getting killed…women getting molested…increasing infidelity in married lives,domestic violence….is this what our society has been reduced to…in the attempts of aping the western culture have we forgotten our own moral values,our own principles…in our busy schedules are we ignoring thhe finer things of life…are we losing out on the compassion and care towards fellow human beings in our race to succeed and earn money…children no longer get the care and affection they used to get naturally from their parents before.. and as a result are spending more and more time on the net as a result of which cyber crimes are on the rise…relationships are no longer valued like they used to be and parents are shunted out of the house by the children….we as humans have become so self centred that we do not rise in protest against a crime unless it affects us in some ways…when a women gets molested before our eyes we tend to look the other way in the fear of ourselves being harmed too….instead of helping a fallen or injured fellow human we tend to walk right past him…have we as human beings become so self centered with ourselves that even the plight of others fails to bring a tear to our eyes….what kind of environment are we providing for the future generation…is this the society we want our children to inherit wherein one thinks a hundered times before raising one’s voice for justice…

 as the elders keep running the rat race of earning more and more money the finer things of life which defined us as humans seems to be lost to us forever….moral values and principles are laughed at and helping others is termed as foolishness…to succeed at any cost is what is taught at schools irrespective of the means to achieve it…..i open my eyes and tell myself that maybe we are passing through a dark tunnel and maybe there is light at the end of it after all but again i shudder to think what if there isnt!!!!!