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Times have changed to be hard on us! As the years pass by, I wonder who has the satisfaction of living the life that they once wished???
When I look at the society of ours from a top angle - right on top from where the crazy creator is - all of us down here are divided by a line. Ofcourse am NOT talking about the equator! This line has never manifested "equal", not even close. Its the Line of Money!
On one side we have the people who are loaded with money and on the other.. the people who are trying to cross the line and move towards the plenty side of it. The funny part here is, people with lots of money, all of the seem like they belong to the same bundle. No difference between them because they all can afford the need, want and desire.
But people on the other side of the line are the complicated lot. Even though they are all together on the same side of the shore, there is a world of differences between them. Each one's need, want and desire may be the same but their affordability differs to a great extent.
We have the so called upper middle class - who are close to the line, then there is middle class - who stand second and then we have all the other people below the middle class, which is sadly the majority in our country. The catch here is all of these sub categories.
Okay right! this is general economics, you didn't want me tell you all of these. Agreed! But what am trying to point out is how we have let the money rule us. Its become the ultimate deciding factor in what ever we do or need. Consciously we have tided our eyes so not to see money take over mankind.
Here's what happened...
It was a normal Wednesday evening, my cousins and I went to watch a movie at the mall. We bought the "normal class" tickets and went to the theater. Next to our seats, few kids aged between 6 - 15 years were seated. The movie was played and all of us started to enjoy! During the intermission, my cousins went out to get something to eat and I remained in my seat. Left alone, I started to medal with my phone and just then, the small kid next to me, began to pester the elder brother to go with him to the counter to get something to eat. But the elder one refused to go with him. The kid innocently said, "I have 100 rupees please come with me". Looking at it, the elder brother said that he wouldn't get anything for 100 rupees and it's waste of time to go out. Though, the kid refused to believe his brother, he forcefully took him out but returned without buying anything.
Are you able to see the irony of life here? How money has eaten away our smallest of joys. Going out for a movie and enjoying it with a pack of popcorn seems such a normal thing. But, the small kid could not get even that little happiness which would have been his worlds dream. Sadly we are living in an era where the movie tickets are lesser than the popcorn price. :/
Money has grown to be way to powerful than we can imagine. Things that seem normal are turning out to be luxury to most of us. As the movie dialogue goes - richer is getting richer and poor is getting poorer. Movies change, actors change, audience and theater also change, but this age old dialogue remains true even today.
Isn't there a need for us to do something about this. We need to act before money takes way the value of life.
{I hope it does offend anyone. Just wanted to share how unfair life is becoming for some of us. I mean, when did popcorn become a luxury!??!}
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On one side we have the people who are loaded with money and on the other.. the people who are trying to cross the line and move towards the plenty side of it. The funny part here is, people with lots of money, all of the seem like they belong to the same bundle. No difference between them because they all can afford the need, want and desire.
But people on the other side of the line are the complicated lot. Even though they are all together on the same side of the shore, there is a world of differences between them. Each one's need, want and desire may be the same but their affordability differs to a great extent.
We have the so called upper middle class - who are close to the line, then there is middle class - who stand second and then we have all the other people below the middle class, which is sadly the majority in our country. The catch here is all of these sub categories.
Okay right! this is general economics, you didn't want me tell you all of these. Agreed! But what am trying to point out is how we have let the money rule us. Its become the ultimate deciding factor in what ever we do or need. Consciously we have tided our eyes so not to see money take over mankind.
Here's what happened...
It was a normal Wednesday evening, my cousins and I went to watch a movie at the mall. We bought the "normal class" tickets and went to the theater. Next to our seats, few kids aged between 6 - 15 years were seated. The movie was played and all of us started to enjoy! During the intermission, my cousins went out to get something to eat and I remained in my seat. Left alone, I started to medal with my phone and just then, the small kid next to me, began to pester the elder brother to go with him to the counter to get something to eat. But the elder one refused to go with him. The kid innocently said, "I have 100 rupees please come with me". Looking at it, the elder brother said that he wouldn't get anything for 100 rupees and it's waste of time to go out. Though, the kid refused to believe his brother, he forcefully took him out but returned without buying anything.
Are you able to see the irony of life here? How money has eaten away our smallest of joys. Going out for a movie and enjoying it with a pack of popcorn seems such a normal thing. But, the small kid could not get even that little happiness which would have been his worlds dream. Sadly we are living in an era where the movie tickets are lesser than the popcorn price. :/
Money has grown to be way to powerful than we can imagine. Things that seem normal are turning out to be luxury to most of us. As the movie dialogue goes - richer is getting richer and poor is getting poorer. Movies change, actors change, audience and theater also change, but this age old dialogue remains true even today.
Isn't there a need for us to do something about this. We need to act before money takes way the value of life.
{I hope it does offend anyone. Just wanted to share how unfair life is becoming for some of us. I mean, when did popcorn become a luxury!??!}