Monday, November 09, 2009

Downward Spiral

Every time I open a news website, I am welcomed by some macabre headline staring at me. And it is not that I frequent just one or two sites. Sites ranging from Indian news to CNN and Time have only sad stories to tell.

Some of the latest headlines:

- 4 MNS legislators suspended for attacking Azmi
- UPA ministers' travel expenses: Rs 300cr in 3 yrs
- Pak daily passes 'death sentence' on US journalist
- Naxals could hit investment climate, warns FICCI
- Speeding car mows down 3 in Noida
- Suicide bomb attack kills 3 in Pakistan
- India is world's No.1 in retail theft: Survey

All these are just from Times of India site for today. And these are not all. Such news occupy pretty much 80% of the site.

Here in US, the papers are flooded with Fort Hood killings, Cleveland rapes and murders, Legalizing marijuana (This has surprisingly become such a hot topic these days. What a waste!), Tropical Storm Ida, Hateful radical preaching outside the mosque in NY and on and on and on.

Sometimes I wonder, is the entire world degenerating into misery, woes and sadness at an accelerating pace? Deterioration of everything over time is inevitable. Home towns becoming inhabitable due to pollution and traffic, weather becoming more and more hostile, terrorism eating the society alive, widespread epidemics of diseases increasing and so on. But in recent times, the pace of that seems to have accelerated.

Like the God is in a hurry to fold the game on our little planet earth and maybe start afresh.

5 comments:

Karthik said...

Are u hinting at 2012 by any chance :D?? This post sounds like a good prologue for the movie.

Gandalf said...

I am not hinting at 2012. But it's funny you mention it because another person I was discussing my misgivings with also brought up the same point. Though not referring to the movie, she was referring to the actual prophecy.

Soham Shah said...

ohhh !!

Yeah, NEWS PAPERS and even electronic media are full of such sad news these days ..

And you rightly said that GOD is in a hurry to fold the game on planet earth adn start afresh ..

and we are responsible for his rush, aren't we ??

Vineeta said...

yeah... even I smhow started thinking of 2012. I am sure I will not be able to see the movie.. when I can not even read such headlines!!

Y do they make such movies at the first place.. we are already overdosed with such headlines most of the time :(

btw.. these days u hv good apps available online where u can prepare ur own newspaper.. I guess that will be a better solution!

Darshit said...

Take heart from the fact that planet earth has survived thousands of years!!!

And planet earth will restore the imbalances that are created because one species has become too powerful...

If not in 2012, then in 2112, but it will happen