Skip to main content

the city that kills humane

 

Unstable incomes. 

Unaffordable prices.

Unsustainable living conditions.

These are the scenes that run through most of the minds in the city environment.

Kids who have to grow up witnessing so much of traffic, pollution and noise. Elders who had to witness the most isolated situations in their lives. Looking at either of them is the average first generation middle-aged middle-class human who takes the biggest hit upon arriving to the city.

The human often does not come to the city by choice. The human finds a way to live - or more aptly - the human finds a way to survive.

Can't shout at the boss. Can't escape the city. Can't access better living conditions. The human is helpless. As if some harsh punishment is given without any apparent reason. This causes a gradual build up of frustration - the kind that can break even the kindest soul.

With time, the symptoms of this will start to surface. Losing patience with people on the road, getting easily triggered with family members, the constant feeling of injustice running on mind.


Unfortunately, we can't erase the system just like that. But my gentle advice is this - if you are a human living in the city with access to better peace of mind, and if you happen to come across other unfortunate humans - remember to be humane. Being kind is strength. It is resistance.

If you see people frustrated more than you think they should - maybe think from their point of view. Understand them. Ask questions - "What happened? How are you? Is everything alright? How can I be of help?" Listen to them. If required, say sorry - your ego shouldn't be a larger problem than their lives. 

Life's not easy. Neither it's fair. But it's definitely better for some than the others. Once we accept this, we can try doing whatever we can to stand with the unfortunate humans.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bye-bye strict timetables...! - The Bloggers League 2022

     Author: Rama Subrahmanyam (ramasubrahmanyam.m@gmail.com) When we are planning for multi-tasking, we divide our time and allocate it for each task. That is a great thing, as it gives a chance for incremental growth, eventually getting compounded...      Scheduling makes us punctual; sometimes forces us to be punctual if someone is counting on us, say an examination, office meeting, so on...      Besides strict things, some activities should happen at planned times, like sports, gym, etc. But, we still have things, that can be done in our free time - say reading books, solving puzzles, or learning something of our passion. Should we also maintain the timetable in those cases...? Well, may not be that necessary... We get used to a task at the same time if we have a strict timetable; In a way, can also affect our peace... Suppose due to urgent work, we missed a task      -  We may develop a bad feeling,    ...
8 comments
Read more

Top 5 take aways from "Linux 101 Hacks" - The Bloggers League 2022

  Author: Rama Subrahmanyam Hello, how are you doing..?         We all know that Windows is a super cute-looking OS, but software people will connect to Linux; It offers much flexibility with file management, and plus, it's open-source too..!         So, the book - Linux 101 Hacks, is a nice intro for beginners, by Ramesh Natarajan . Having said that, we look at the top 5 hacks from the book. It is a free e-book, and you can download it here . 1. 'alias' for most used commands:-     There will be commands that are used repeatedly, for which we can have a shortcut using an alias. For example, for cd commands, we can have            alias cd1="cd .."           alias cd2="cd ../.."           alias cd3="cd ../../.."           alias cd4="cd ../../../.."           alias cd5="cd ../../.....
7 comments
Read more

Speed of light is not limited - our Universe is.

The consequences of the special theory of relativity are Time dilation and Length contraction - let us try to understand a bit about them: Time dilation: When a body is traveling from one point to another in space at near light speeds, the body can arrive the destination in lesser time than what we generally (intuitively) expect. This is called time dilation. Below is an example: Assume that we are required to travel a distance of 5 light years. Even if we were to go at light speed, our intuition says it has to take 5 years. So we will be older by 5 light years upon reaching the destination. But it does NOT work that way. In fact, it is completely possible that we cover the distance in 3 years. So we will age 3 years only. Now, if we are covering a 5 light-year distance in 3 years - it may seem like we are traveling at more-than light speed. But this should not be possible right? Is this some kind of violation? No. So what's happening exactly here? Here comes the other consequence:...
Post a Comment
Read more