So, the impending Doomsday is nigh! 21st December 2012 is the deemed date on which the Earth will encounter a cataclysmic event of catastrophic proportions as per the Mayan Calendar. The Mayas are an indigenous native Indian tribe that has inhabited the Americas from time immemorial. They are noted for their highly developed language, art & architecture, mathematical skills and scientific astronomical prowess.
Though the Mayan calendar does not explicitly state the "End of the World" on the due date, the readings of the calendar has been interpreted and misinterpreted by many astrologers and students of astrology & sciences over the years and thus we are on the threshold of "Doomsday".
Whether the world actually ends on 21-12-2012 is a question of lesser importance? The actual question is are millions of people all over the world not encountering "Doomsday" in their lives, each day, everyday. Have values, principles and ethics not fallen to the nadir?? If no, then how do you explain happenings that we encounter daily, locally, nationally or internationally???
In my home town of Udaipur, a nineteen year student was brutally stabbed and killed by a group of other students over a petty skirmish that started over entry into a cultural programme. A precious young life lost in a moment of stupid madness.
In New Delhi, the capital of my country- India, a 23 year paramedical student and her friend were first heinously assaulted and then the girl brutally raped in a moving bus by a group of young men. The ordeal did not end there as the duo was then thrown off the moving bus. The valiant "fighter" continues to battle for her life in a hospital in the capital.
In Newtown, Connecticut, USA, the 20 year old son of a teacher burst into a school and fired indiscriminately on the small students and the teachers. The result 28 deaths including 20 children.
These are just three examples of happenings from the current environment that have been making "News" and are just the tip of the proverbial "Iceberg". People in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen and Syria to name a few, are they not encountering "Doomsday" everyday? In India, the tribals of Bastar, Kalahandi, and other backward areas are they not encountering Doomsday viz a viz their fight with hunger and poverty, everyday?? Are we as a society not facing Doomsday each day in every sphere of life, be it social with its belittling of relations and values, political with its hail of corruption & nepotism and economical with increasing frequent price hikes???
Facing "Doomsday" everyday has probably made us all resilient to the the prophesied "21-12-2012-End of the World" which even if it occurs is beyond our control. But past the prophecy date, we should definitely think hard and try to analyse and do everything that is needful individually as well as a society in the form of actions that are well with in our control; simple things like respecting our elders and heeding their advise or even abiding by traffic rules....
For all members of Blue Caramel, the message is when the going is good, we should all strive to make it count because when hardships are there, positivity, resilience and the like all said and done, the reality is Reality Bites.
Though the Mayan calendar does not explicitly state the "End of the World" on the due date, the readings of the calendar has been interpreted and misinterpreted by many astrologers and students of astrology & sciences over the years and thus we are on the threshold of "Doomsday".
Whether the world actually ends on 21-12-2012 is a question of lesser importance? The actual question is are millions of people all over the world not encountering "Doomsday" in their lives, each day, everyday. Have values, principles and ethics not fallen to the nadir?? If no, then how do you explain happenings that we encounter daily, locally, nationally or internationally???
In my home town of Udaipur, a nineteen year student was brutally stabbed and killed by a group of other students over a petty skirmish that started over entry into a cultural programme. A precious young life lost in a moment of stupid madness.
In New Delhi, the capital of my country- India, a 23 year paramedical student and her friend were first heinously assaulted and then the girl brutally raped in a moving bus by a group of young men. The ordeal did not end there as the duo was then thrown off the moving bus. The valiant "fighter" continues to battle for her life in a hospital in the capital.
In Newtown, Connecticut, USA, the 20 year old son of a teacher burst into a school and fired indiscriminately on the small students and the teachers. The result 28 deaths including 20 children.
These are just three examples of happenings from the current environment that have been making "News" and are just the tip of the proverbial "Iceberg". People in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen and Syria to name a few, are they not encountering "Doomsday" everyday? In India, the tribals of Bastar, Kalahandi, and other backward areas are they not encountering Doomsday viz a viz their fight with hunger and poverty, everyday?? Are we as a society not facing Doomsday each day in every sphere of life, be it social with its belittling of relations and values, political with its hail of corruption & nepotism and economical with increasing frequent price hikes???
Facing "Doomsday" everyday has probably made us all resilient to the the prophesied "21-12-2012-End of the World" which even if it occurs is beyond our control. But past the prophecy date, we should definitely think hard and try to analyse and do everything that is needful individually as well as a society in the form of actions that are well with in our control; simple things like respecting our elders and heeding their advise or even abiding by traffic rules....
For all members of Blue Caramel, the message is when the going is good, we should all strive to make it count because when hardships are there, positivity, resilience and the like all said and done, the reality is Reality Bites.
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