A few days back I was invited to be part of a group discussion, the subject was what exactly one would like to read in papers other than the news. We were a group of seven women who went on deliberating on the topic mentioned above. I found it not only amusing but also surprising that there were people who were still in the habit of reading.

The recent trends that I have happen to come across is; that suddenly it seems there are more writers than there are readers. Wouldn’t you agree?
I can’t honestly say I am an avid reader but I do happen to like reading.
But at the present moment given a choice between reading a classic and watching the same as an adapted movie. I would opt for the latter.
I always wonder how many of us (i.e. people who are literate) actually pick up a newspaper and read it just for the sake of reading. I suspect very few of us do so. Most of us want to remain aware of the happenings of the world for a certain purpose, and a purpose it seems is what is imperative in the present times.

What I mean is suddenly it seems to me that the human race has become too much focused and goal oriented. Most of our actions if not all are driven by the fact that we are going to gain something out of it.

The philosophy of just doing something without giving too much thought about the results (as propagated by the Bhagvad Gita) has been weighed down by the other notion of ends justifying the means.

But is it possible to execute without expectation? And then again to live life under the tenet of expectation is proving to be stressful for us.

May be the solution lies in balancing our expectations and accepting the unfulfilled without disappointment.

Only I wish I knew how to accomplish the same.