Life in a Metro
Today, living in Mumbai is not a very easy thing to do. Prices of things are really high and unfortunately the rate of growth in salary is not proportional to the rate of growth in wants and necessities. But the best part about the entire situation is that no one seems to be content. Even the richest people want to earn more and they also have their own set of problems. While a poor man tries hard to make two ends meet, the rich man is losing sleep as to how he is going to save tax. Every rupee earned is extremely valuable and hence every one has a right to think about how they can save. This leads us to a very basic nature of the human being. We as people are ambitious. Ambition drives us. All of us have goals. We live by these goals and these small missions define our very purpose of living.
Trains will always remain crowded. Bosses will always anticipate better work. Malls will grow. Prices will shoot. Saturday-movies will be more expensive. Traffic is going to increase exponentially. Power-cuts will be frequent. A bomb blast in every two years is expected. We know all this. We know how things are shaping up and we know how things are going to go even worse. There are many problems and we have to be smart to dodge these hurdles and somehow survive in the city. People have become very smart and they have started finding many solutions. I will give an example of the solution; it’s related to education;
These days getting 90 pc in Board exams seems to have become a normal thing. All the parents anticipate a very stiff competition for their kids and hence each and every student in this city goes for tuition class. All the teachers in the school are aware about it. So now the responsibility of the child’s education isn’t solely on them. Coaching classes have become massive businesses today. I have a nephew of mine who is right now in eight grade and his mother has already enrolled him into the tuition for the ninth grade. This is called anticipation. Parents have such a great sense of judgment in that they know that the teacher in the school won’t be able to handle their child’s education. Teachers might as well say that it is very difficult to focus on each and every child in a class of more than 65 students. But then the number of students in the class is always going to grow high. Problem is present; but teachers haven’t yet found the solution; parents have.
Though we may feel that the city is going the New York way, its not the same. In NY, people cannot survive if wife and the husband both do not work together. Even in Mumbai that time is slowly coming. But like in NY where people only have to think about their immediate families, in Mumbai people are still extremely attached to their family, their neighborhood, their relatives in remotest corners of Mumbai and in other parts of the country. Even though a daughter-in-law would be allowed to take up a job, she is still expected to do all household work right from cooking food to taking kids to school. Life for the Mumbai woman is going to get challenging by the day. Situations can become very tricky. Marriage in the neighborhood is as important as meeting with the client. Juggling priorities will become the order of the day. However, I believe that the women in the city are ready for this kind of life. Women not only are capable of multi-tasking but are also capable of achieving quality in all kinds of work that she takes up. This leaves us with men. I can’t comment much about how men will evolve. I seriously do not know how men are going to react. Perhaps Sangeetha can give us some insight as to what she feels. Readers of this blog (I know very few…lol) can also chip in with their inputs.
Life in the city is certainly going to keep us on our toes. It’s a game each and everyday. I wish and pray that God gives us enough stamina to handle the stress, enough vigor to work tirelessly and enough time so that we can spend quality time with our families.
-Jay
Today, living in Mumbai is not a very easy thing to do. Prices of things are really high and unfortunately the rate of growth in salary is not proportional to the rate of growth in wants and necessities. But the best part about the entire situation is that no one seems to be content. Even the richest people want to earn more and they also have their own set of problems. While a poor man tries hard to make two ends meet, the rich man is losing sleep as to how he is going to save tax. Every rupee earned is extremely valuable and hence every one has a right to think about how they can save. This leads us to a very basic nature of the human being. We as people are ambitious. Ambition drives us. All of us have goals. We live by these goals and these small missions define our very purpose of living.
Trains will always remain crowded. Bosses will always anticipate better work. Malls will grow. Prices will shoot. Saturday-movies will be more expensive. Traffic is going to increase exponentially. Power-cuts will be frequent. A bomb blast in every two years is expected. We know all this. We know how things are shaping up and we know how things are going to go even worse. There are many problems and we have to be smart to dodge these hurdles and somehow survive in the city. People have become very smart and they have started finding many solutions. I will give an example of the solution; it’s related to education;
These days getting 90 pc in Board exams seems to have become a normal thing. All the parents anticipate a very stiff competition for their kids and hence each and every student in this city goes for tuition class. All the teachers in the school are aware about it. So now the responsibility of the child’s education isn’t solely on them. Coaching classes have become massive businesses today. I have a nephew of mine who is right now in eight grade and his mother has already enrolled him into the tuition for the ninth grade. This is called anticipation. Parents have such a great sense of judgment in that they know that the teacher in the school won’t be able to handle their child’s education. Teachers might as well say that it is very difficult to focus on each and every child in a class of more than 65 students. But then the number of students in the class is always going to grow high. Problem is present; but teachers haven’t yet found the solution; parents have.
Though we may feel that the city is going the New York way, its not the same. In NY, people cannot survive if wife and the husband both do not work together. Even in Mumbai that time is slowly coming. But like in NY where people only have to think about their immediate families, in Mumbai people are still extremely attached to their family, their neighborhood, their relatives in remotest corners of Mumbai and in other parts of the country. Even though a daughter-in-law would be allowed to take up a job, she is still expected to do all household work right from cooking food to taking kids to school. Life for the Mumbai woman is going to get challenging by the day. Situations can become very tricky. Marriage in the neighborhood is as important as meeting with the client. Juggling priorities will become the order of the day. However, I believe that the women in the city are ready for this kind of life. Women not only are capable of multi-tasking but are also capable of achieving quality in all kinds of work that she takes up. This leaves us with men. I can’t comment much about how men will evolve. I seriously do not know how men are going to react. Perhaps Sangeetha can give us some insight as to what she feels. Readers of this blog (I know very few…lol) can also chip in with their inputs.
Life in the city is certainly going to keep us on our toes. It’s a game each and everyday. I wish and pray that God gives us enough stamina to handle the stress, enough vigor to work tirelessly and enough time so that we can spend quality time with our families.
-Jay
1 comment:
The last line is all the more worth it.. I have always noticed this.. It is the last line of your writings, which impresses me a lott.. And ya sangeetha, I am waiting for your writing.. hehe :D
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