Yeh hai Youngisthan Meri Jaan..!!.. Gen Next..!!
Catch this...It so happened that I was attending the 60th wedding anniversary of one of my relatives.. As was expected things were panning out the 'Gen Past' way..!! Traditional!!.. Pretty much used to the setup, I was watchin the proceedings. A 4 yr old kid suddenly moved up to the couple in spotlight n asked "Grandma. Wherez the party?? ".. -(English pesunada paathu yaarum tension aga venam!.. Hez the son of a typical NRI(Never returning Indian.. to borrow the swades jargon!! ))
Hey kutti.. Party thane da.. Inum konja nerathul elathukum saapadu vandudum da.. was the granny's unassuming reply.. The kid rebuked.. Thats the marriage party.. I asked bout the kissing party..!!.. Quite a few were shocked.. some shell shocked.. I could very well see the vambu paati's doin a round of whispering.. Podi payyanuku pecha paru..!!.. Well.. hold on oldies.. Gen next has arrived!!..:)
Pretty simple to point the point accross..ain't it.. I was immersed in a thought.. where does that leave me.. Even I was equally shocked by d kid's remark.. Shall I jump into the kid's bandwagon n claim Yo man.. Gen next for u!!.. or sit back n ponder.. Nothings like it used to be..!!
Infact it's a tad difficult to associate oneself with the way things taking shape now.Riding back a few years, of all the childhood memories I have, I for one was a sports freak.Sweating it out in the ground. Cricket the eternal fantasy, topping it all.Those mighty sixers which broke window panes and subsequent rush to abscond from the place were all too jolly to forget. From the dungeons playing TT, to the basketball courts, n playing galleries and badminton under flood lights.. fun needed no explaining.. Speak of fun to a few kids now. Al that they wud have on offer might be unlimited gyan on some goddamn computer games..
A 3 yr old cousin of mine walks upto me n asked.. unga kita AOE 3 CD iruka?.. It took me time to realise that he meant Age of Empires.. I thought.. Dai!.. Age of empires ku spelling theriyuma da unaku!!.. Ni elam pesra!!.. Lets face it guys.. Gen next rite!!.. :)
By cornering people to the computer screen the chip revolution has succeded in killing creativity. SO obsessed are kids with technologies that the day is not far off when they'd need a calculator to muster what a 25+47 might add upto.. Speak of technology feeding ur bodies.. Nobody cares if it starves ur souls..
Lifez moving on an all too fast lane..No wonder people say u need to keep running to stay at the same place.. No wonder if a husband and wife stay together its a joint family now..No wonder Pepsi says Sachin is too old for its commercials.. No wonder neighbours, upon seeing us have started sayin "Hey mama paru.. while fondling their babies!!.. A far cry from the Anna Paru terminology used not mush before!!".. No wonder i'm struggling hard to finish off this blog now!! :)
Food for thought : In the same vein I do wonder, when Gen next calls all the shots, why is India's youth minister 72??!!
Well.. I still can't claim its "Youngisthan meri jaan"..
But it certainly is "Hindusthan meri Jaan"..!!
