Rant #1

Forgotten weak grins and how subliminally they fade into nothingness. Even kids have taught themselves to fake a smile, be strong and upright amidst a shit-storm of emotions, stress, bullying and what not.

Smartphones, Internet, High-speed metro should have brought people closer, eh? Able to empathize, able to care, able to identify and understand.

And all I see on my train ride are clueless empty glances, like everybody is looking for something or someone, candy crush games, listlessness and overall a subtle chaos within the serene shell they so portray. Take their phones and headsets away and see what unfolds. It’s like a shackle or an incentive to stay ‘calm and civilized’, whatever that means..

There is a yearn to talk and share and succeed, yes. Why though, there is that constant need to play the ‘game’. The battles of ego, attitudes and the pretension everywhere. Some days, when things are good, you don’t think this way. Occasionally though, some observation brings forth the charade that you too, are a part of. Don’t know whether to feel sad or pathetic.

When hearts are in disarray, the eyes are quick to betray whatever bothers it the most. There is a need to revel in solitude, sure. Social acceptance, craving for physical contact and numbness from intrinsic pain isn’t what we should get or suffer, if, there was actually revelry in solitude.

The modern man is beaten down into servility, routine and docility and then told it’s a virtue. What a circus of a society..