“The two young ladies came from well to do upper income stock and were raised in a modern, integrating India. Vandana's father had served in the armed forces and she was raised all over the country. Vaishnavi's father worked for a transnational company and she was raised in Kolkatta. The first is a Malayali and the second, a Tamil. How often in the world at large do you get such diverse streams coming together to demonstrate such radical humanism? Isn't there enough evidence at hand to conclude this?: between this rising sensitive young generation and a responsive society all our ills have the prospect of becoming manageable in a finite time scale.”
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Off late, I have been focussing on what is wrong with our country and kerala in particular. Too much of negativity, perhaps.
Frankly, I can't think of a better place or better people to live with.
Easy to point out the faults. Difficult to appreciate the good. Even more difficult is to work for change and make everyone's life a little bit better.
There are a few who actually do that. The above excerpted is one such story. The site itself is like a breath of fresh air. Never fails to fill me with hope of a better tomorrow.
I should be talking less about the bad and more about the good. Better would be to stop talking and go out and do some good.