Changing Trends-For Better Or For Worse?
Recent decades have brought about immense development and prosperity, not only to nations such as India but to the entire world. While we're busy drooling over the scientific and medical progress, we get blind-sighted to all the adverse effects of these trends.
No longer do we see innocent kids playing fair games amongst themselves but spoiled brats stuck on their i-pads and i-phones. Things such as drug overdoses and pregnant teens, which were then rare are now the most common headlines of the papers. Every day we read articles about teens committing crimes such as murders & rapes, doing drugs, drinking and smoking. You actually can't tell anymore, whether a girl is safe to walk around the streets anymore. All respect for the elders and cultural values has been lost just to be "cool". The overload of studies has burdened students to the point of committing suicide & the cut throat competition has ended all harmony & chances of survival. Children have lost their innocence and charm and speak utter nonsense and too many lies.
Dating, a traditionally western concept has been adopted globally, not only by those in their 20s but also by teenagers. Today's relations are based on nothing more than a mere liking,without any trust, causing the kids to get distracted from achieving and living their best. In these attempts of "have to have a boyfriend", teenagers tend to get misguided and land up doing things which they will regret forever. Terms like "i Love You' are thrown around as if they mean "Hi, how are you?" We spend our lives trying to impress people who don't matter, by doing things we don't like for reasons we don't know.
Children of 7th grade go clubbing and to hookah parlors every night. The focus of life has shifted from overall growth and development to just being "popular" in school. You find kids of the 1st grade abusing with terms that you never even knew existed when you were so young.
Children of 7th grade go clubbing and to hookah parlors every night. The focus of life has shifted from overall growth and development to just being "popular" in school. You find kids of the 1st grade abusing with terms that you never even knew existed when you were so young.
Families tend to be distant and merely a part of our lives. We feel much closer to our friends than our parents. We tend to hide important things from our family but would be willing to disclose that information to random strangers on Facebook, Twitter, etc. It's not the generation gap now, but the changing trends. The relation between parents and kids has merely come down to provision of basic necessities and some luxuries. There is a lack of emotional attachment & family bond. Medical development may have created a cure for several fatal diseases, but there are very few people who can actually afford the cure. Family ties are easily broken off for monetary gains and simple relations such as friendships are filled with secrets and politics. Parents no longer concentrate on passing traditional values to their children but want them to focus on earning a lot of money, even at the cost of their humanity. It is safe to say that money has gained value over everything else in life.
People judge you, not by your personality but by your brands. It's not the person that you are which counts, but the bank balance you own.Charity is no longer done to help the poor, but just to become famous. It has assumed a more commercial rather than personal outlook, which basically doesn't help the poor as much as it does the rich.
In addition to these, we always have the environmental problems of Global Warming, Pollution, Degradation of the planet & it's atmosphere, depletion of resources, etc.
The world has turned into a superficial place which further crumbles the poor & builds the rich. Such a world, maybe advanced in all aspects, but it has lost all it's values and significance. All we have left is our medical & scientific progress but at the cost of our Economic, Social & Religious values.
People judge you, not by your personality but by your brands. It's not the person that you are which counts, but the bank balance you own.Charity is no longer done to help the poor, but just to become famous. It has assumed a more commercial rather than personal outlook, which basically doesn't help the poor as much as it does the rich.
In addition to these, we always have the environmental problems of Global Warming, Pollution, Degradation of the planet & it's atmosphere, depletion of resources, etc.
The world has turned into a superficial place which further crumbles the poor & builds the rich. Such a world, maybe advanced in all aspects, but it has lost all it's values and significance. All we have left is our medical & scientific progress but at the cost of our Economic, Social & Religious values.
Think about it, is this the kind of progress you want for the World or is it an overall progress you want?
