My mother was very disturbed yesterday. The entire week she had read disturbing news about juvenile crimes. She could not fathom how pre-teens and teenagers from middle and upper-middle class Mumbai families could be involved. She kept wondering how the class, supposed to be rock solid in values, is the rotten apple in the bunch.
True, na? Traditionally, it is the middle class that epitomes the character of a society. They are the foundation on which society works and functions, like the worker ant in an anthill. Hardworking with high ambitions, integrity with strength of character, they are the ones who pass on traditional, working class values to their children. So what’s gone wrong?
Exactly that. With money becoming all-important, both parents now have even less time to spend with their children. Lack of quality time results in no family values and that’s where the script fails. Children grow up thinking that the only way to survive is to make money. So can you blame them if they are willing to bend the rules along the way?
So what does it mean for society? Well, I really don’t know. But when an entire generation grows up without morals and an individualistic personality, can the future really be bright? That’s for each one of us to interpret.
shreya said
very very well written