I am Dyslexic!

The world around me seems like spinning around @ speed of light or is it I have found a position that has lost its kinetics?

The feeling is a result of my watching a movie last week 'Taare Zameen Par' - will not put an adjective to describe the content and the quality of the subject potrayed in the film, I do not wish to come across as one of the teacher characters in the movie plus I feel matters are best left unopinionated and uninfluenced, its the viewers / readers rather masses who decide. There was a message and not hidden for sure, a message that knocked the walls (the solidification process happened quite naturally to most of us, rather it runs in automation with a fast moving world at the backdrop)

Isn't it becoming more and more difficult for people to be simple, remain simple in thoughts, words and action, its may not be incorrect to say that we as humans have lost the humane instincts. Will it be true again to say that we are still social animals? I think its latter we have been reduced to as per Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and social are the animals now (you would have read my earlier post on training with dogs and cats), humans are superficial.

While I write this, I am on a flight where I hear a guy screaming at an air hostess, while she is hurriedly trying to move away the food serving trolly. Apparently the guy was annoyed of hearing an English word which sounded offending to him while he had asked her to shift the trolley to a side as he may have wanted to address his call for nature, she had said" Sir I cannot jump around to a side, kindly allow me some time to let me give space to you..." something of this sort, believe the guy did not like the Queen's language there...hence his wrath on a lady who had a poise and calm body language but happened to use not so charming statement...at another seat there is this guy who deserved a punch right on his nose, he may have been hungry and hence wanted the air hostess to serve him before anybody else (the word 'manners' should be replaced with 'man errs' in the dictionary... did I not tell you its hard to remain human these days...

But how come the generation before us still find it easy to stay human... a very charming looking lady (must be in her fiftys) sits beside me. She just asked me how will she be able to switch off her motorola cell phone, she has been struggling for last 5 - 7 minutes and eventually decided to seek for help, I had nothing to do except wanting to reach home asap, readily accepted to provide assistance. The keys were locked and the lady did not know how to unlock it (such is technology - you need an 'on' button to then switch it 'off'). After the phone was placed safely in her husband's pocket (yes he had tried his hand switching the phone off too) the lady turned at me, smiled and said," Thank you, you know how tough is it for people like us". I was very impressed to see the lady had taken efforts to be emaculately dressed - a green silk sari, a thick matching emerald bangle around her wrist, hair neatly tied in a bun, what I realized later was I had been too prompt to reply " Its alright mam, I think you are doing lot better" (efforts to learn technology atleast), what sinked in me was also a feeling ...I wish this could have been the other way round too..the old gen saying" you guys are doing good too (efforts to balance work and family)...

'Kho na jayen yeh....Taare Zameen Par...' I would not be able to say what the lyricist (I believe its Prasoon Joshi) would have actually meant but if I interpret it right it means the inhabitants on the planet earth, all of us crave to reach or become stars and moon, reach the sky (read: top of a corporate ladder) but we do not have the time to cherish / spare moments with/ for people who matter the most, people for whom you wish byproducts of success. (career, money, fame for yourself though). Muscles of my brain fail to coordinate with what the world around me is busy doing, I crave to come back, I try to pull myself too often to stay as normal as the crowd around me, to remain one of them, if I fail I am dyslexic!