Thinking aloud

Another Onam and another season of roller coaster ride. The question was one of redundancy. By some quirky logic, it seemed those who are not Gen Z have no right to exist. But then equilibrium has to be restored and it is being done by the Gen Zs themselves. I too have to get on with the same process.  But in doing so, I must learn to forgive. Those around me, those afar and the self. It is not easy. Still, mastering forgiveness is one of the ultimate steps to peace and freedom. 

I am in my late 40s and have been given a new tag. I am told that I belong to the Gen X. Also that there is a Gen Z, Gen Alpha and Millennials. I am sure the list doesn't end here. While these tags are proudly thrown around as if it is as sacrosanct as the theory of evolution, the Taurean must ask the obvious question. What changed and does it really matter? But when I witness a septuagenarian leader, who has been elected THRICE to lead Bharath as the Prime Minister, verbally abused with the choicest of expletives which are new to me, when the name of his deceased mother who passed away after living for 100 years is dragged in the worst possible manner, it hits me hard and yes, the GEN tag does offer a clue. I am happy I do not belong to Gen Z. The Supreme Guru, Shri Krishna Himself proclaimed: Bg. 17.15 अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् । स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्‍मयं तप उच्यते ॥ १५ ॥ anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ ca yat svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa uc...