A life time of Serendipity!
The next generation might be smarter
than ours and the one before ours may be wiser than us. But no other generation
would have lived in a better time. We have been fortunate enough to be at the
cusp of all the defining changes of this century.
We have witnessed the internet taking baby steps in the
form of e-mails to graduating in to this almost parallel world of social media.
We have seen the red post boxes being outdated by the Inboxes and the Reynolds
giving way to the keyboards.
The lighter moments of our college excursions which were
once restricted by the number‘36’, got liberated by the digital cams and the
SLRs.
The monochromatic Doordarshan and the big fat TVs were part of
our growing up years and then we became spoilt with choices by the splash
of vibrancy on the slick LCDs in multitudes of frequencies.
We used to cross the roads where only the padminis
and the Ambys treaded and then came a time when we needed to watch out for numerous
wagons, Volks and others.
We saw the landlines, once lifelines becoming
deadlines and the mobiles eating up those long winding cables. The billboards and
notices giving way to social media posts; the chaats and golgappas being pushed
aside by the KFCs and McDs.
The Tatas and the Mittals replacing the Fords and
the Hiltons on the world stage, The rise of the dragon and the jasmine bloom in
the deserts, The STREET losing its WALL while the subcontinent holding its fort.
What a time we are living in! It is indeed a life time of serendipity.
Arun Babu.
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