tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post7303752732077194065..comments2023-07-16T05:26:27.636-07:00Comments on Padma's Musings: On simpler timesPadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618999515194590513noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-66824003283291669032010-05-28T17:51:38.616-07:002010-05-28T17:51:38.616-07:00Wow!! Replied to ur scrap in orkut and came across...Wow!! Replied to ur scrap in orkut and came across ur blog. Very impressed by this post. :) You are very right. We're living in a times where man is trying to play God in almost every aspect and living in a delusion that technology and money can fetch happiness.. Is it really so? Our childhood days were technologically backward but I always had something to die for.. like summer holidays, going to grandmothers place, cricket world cup, good quality television serials, playing hide and seek when power goes off...Today all of those simple things are like 'luxuries' for me.<br /><br />May be its human nature..As i read somewhere..<br /><br />"We want it hot when its cold, <br />We want it cold when its hot, <br />Always wanting what its not". :)<br /><br />Too much of anything sometimes makes us forget about its worth. Remember that scene in the movie "Castaway" when Tom Hanks comes back home after spending gruelling lonely life in an island where he learns to make fire all by himself after numerous attempts, struggles for food etc? After he returns home he throws a party and i love the scene where he indulges in himself by a flame lighter which switches on/off by a click of the button.<br /><br />Anyways, this is turning out to be a blogpost rather than a comment. Nice work. Keep it coming.. :)Mentey Jeswanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815381472853098485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-87784002972451768522010-05-27T19:08:28.196-07:002010-05-27T19:08:28.196-07:00Thanks guys for your comments.
@Peace - Thanks for...Thanks guys for your comments.<br />@Peace - Thanks for your comment (and for agreeing with me :D). I do think the problem is one of abundance.<br />@Mansi - That SATC bit is so true! I think that for a second there, I may have channelled my inner Carrie ;) <br />@Anonymous - Yes, powercuts were always welcome (for those who don't know, they were very common in India, back in the day). In today's world it would be akin to taking away TV, internet, laptop, ipod, iphone and forcing people to spend quality time together :)<br />@Tanz - I see your point about 'reversal'. I think Mansi's also making a similar point. And like she said, maybe we didn't notice some of the special things that we <i>did</i> have back then. It's just that I still think that the special things used to be more effortless though. Or maybe it's just me.<br />@Naureen - Good point about time. I can totally relate to it.<br />@C - Is that a hint?Padmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618999515194590513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-3721136723684926612010-05-27T18:21:26.296-07:002010-05-27T18:21:26.296-07:00Hey, I enjoyed dosas when I was a kid. I enjoy the...Hey, I enjoyed dosas when I was a kid. I enjoy them now too <br />- CCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-63378283057114374802010-05-27T12:12:14.176-07:002010-05-27T12:12:14.176-07:00see your line already invoked so many thoughts!!
....see your line already invoked so many thoughts!!<br />.<br />I think it's just human intellect, which always enjoys what's not-so-mundane...things like sleeping in balcony/terrace on summer nights...and getting oil massage in hair (which all was so readily available back then but never found it special!)...<br />and hey, what we enjoy today will also change tomorrow!Mansinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-7599403489113147852010-05-27T11:04:04.927-07:002010-05-27T11:04:04.927-07:00I think now we have more things readily available ...I think now we have more things readily available to us but less time to enjoy them since life's been too busy and hectic for most of us; like earlier on, we had more leisure time and had more things to do but there used to be a curfew imposed by parents or elders :) and now this curfew is being imposed by the demands of our career and because of this, v actually enjoy things more now. I think leisure is rather becoming a luxury.<br /><br />Btw I love reading ur posts, keep them coming.Naureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-53306647879995368152010-05-27T08:19:18.829-07:002010-05-27T08:19:18.829-07:00I don't think we have more things that enjoy l...I don't think we have more things that enjoy less. I think the situations are reversed. Now going out to bask in the sun.. or to go out and play is considered special - we can't stop talking for the whole week for the upcoming trip to the beach. you know ?Tanzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175569332570809651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-86106748630335356232010-05-27T05:47:06.012-07:002010-05-27T05:47:06.012-07:00Yeah, very true! I also remember the family get to...Yeah, very true! I also remember the family get together time we used to have whenever the power goes off. You've wrote a very good post on how I miss those simpler times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-46150600815284203342010-05-26T21:24:26.170-07:002010-05-26T21:24:26.170-07:00Nice flow...with a concise but thought provoking e...Nice flow...with a concise but thought provoking ending line...<br />"Do we now have more things that we enjoy less?"<br />quite SATC style too, no? :)Mansinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862692380541042466.post-67086745250479632212010-05-26T21:14:53.336-07:002010-05-26T21:14:53.336-07:00Such a good point...never thought of that. I thin...Such a good point...never thought of that. I think most people recognize the more you have access to something you love, the less special it is...but I don't think many (including myself) recognize how our generation has basically made everything so easily available, like you said.PeaceRegimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085031121431101370noreply@blogger.com