Subject to Alternate Paradigms

Everyone is in a HURRY these days!!

The Society is in a hurry to claim the world's biggest GDP,

Organisations in the society are in a hurry to claim every pound from this GDP and may be add some fat to it,

Someone in that organisation is in a hurry to become the next CEO,

the CEO is in a hurry to launch the next Product before the competition did,

the Product manager is in a hurry to meet the dead-line of the product launch lest he may be found dead,

the Manager of the Product-Manager's house (his wife) is in a hurry for his promotion so that they can shift into a new Condo,

their Child is in a hurry to have the latest 4 wheel toy so that he can be a part of the cool-gang in school.

But in this mad rush of ours, no one seems to be in a hurry to save the Body that gave birth to the society in the first place, that Body - our Mother Earth. Isn't it our job, the elements of the society to take care of the Earth that gave us so much ? Today a sneak-peek into any major territorial division across India would throw a picture of gargantuan layers of bricks, steel frames and glass panes. And people occupying the spaces in these structures in mindless rush for Greater Comfort !!

Swanky vehicles with engines producing 10000W sound whiz past these massive artifacts, giving a rhythmic tenor to our achievements. While the minutiae on 2 wheels and the still smaller ones are  generally the underbelly that are better kept hidden and not talked about.

But where did we get these materialistic values of ours from, where success is a function of the ability to generate wealth ?

Did these dawn upon us from the Western world and, with an ever greater integration of Peoples in today's age, have become deeply ingrained? Or are they just manifestations of basic human frailties - Greed, Ego & Jealousy - which we have come to blame on shared & adopted values ??

Certainly, the Mind & Soul, the spectacle & the rich Cultural history of this magnificent country - India - didn't give it to us. Wasn't this a country where Values were more pervasive and Material-Wealth was only for sustenance and Knowledge was Sovereign ? Where the Head was supposed to be held high and Mind without fear?

Rather than Wealth to be held high and Mind in consternation ?

In this frenzy to reach the zenith we all are leaving behind a part of us that wants to remain calm & peaceful and are carrying along another part that remains ever dissatisfied - that Bloated Ego of ours !!

It's time for all of us to think Once-Again.

To Subject ourselves to Alternate Paradigms. Or Must I say Subject ourselves to Paradigms we have Un-Followed !!

Why can't we make India, at least, a place which is unique from any other existing territory?

Where Paradigms are established for the rest of the world to follow?

Where GDP doesn't stand for Gross Domestic Product { $$ } but for Glad Domestic People { :-) :-) }.

Can we have a

Society 

Which competes on Strong Value systems where respect and love reign supreme.. where the minutiae are treated at par with the conspicuous... where human beings are not objects to be compared on a scale of material wealth, swanky cars and GDPs rather than the Soul & Mind..Where Happiness comes FIRST??

Where we live in a

House

That is not a map of self-indulgence.. (with the number of square feet and per sqr-foot price..) rather than a heavenly abode ! A place that may just manage to physically accommodate members of a family but still feel extremely big with warmth within !! Where the Mother is the greatest caretaker and everyone Loves her !!!

Where our 

Organisations

Care for the Earth.. and frame Greener buildings.. invest in architectures that are naturally fed rather than fed-up with power guzzling Air-conditioners.. where the money thus saved by not constructing green-house buildings with glass panes all around, is invested back into people..where employees are not just salaried people and instead sensitive stakeholders of the society at large...

And

Children

Hold the mantle of the future by becoming the fore-bearers of a Society that is Proud of itself rather than fore-bearers of Pride where everything comes at the cost of Society !!

And where

We All

Are in a HURRY to set a different path for the rest of the world to follow & re-reap the SOUL we have forgotten somewhere !!