Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Vanishing Conscience

Often I have heard that conscience is a trait of the middle class. Rich people don’t have a pricking conscience as they have no time to think anything else besides money. On the other hand, poor people are so engrossed in earning their daily bread and butter toiling all day long that conscience does not figure in most of their lives. Even then, we do find large sums of lost money returned by the people belonging to the lowest strata of the society or such other noble deeds done under the overwhelming influence of conscience.

What bothers me, however, is the vanishing conscience among the Gen-Y people of the society. Starting from ill treating their parents and elders, getting into the wrong habits without sparing even a second blink, kidnapping and murdering, brawls and other illegal acts-all these and more are pretty rampant in the society. The disturbing thought is that these youngsters are not bothered by their conscience. The bigger question, however, is that do these people really have something called a conscience?

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Networking---is it still working on the net?

After a spate of deaths where Orkut somehow was found to be the common link, this is the biggest question on everyone's lips.

Though there is a huge cry demanding Orkut be banned, the situation warrants a careful thinking rather than acting on impulse. Orkut, voted as the MTV Youth Icon, is a craze which has swept the young and the old alike.

However, in the recent times, those who stand in oppostion of Orkut have gained momentum. Some schools in Kolkata have even issued warnings to students to delete their Orkut profiles. These warnings also say that any student below the age of 18 would stand chances of expulsion if found to be an Orkutian!!

The question that pinches me is that would keeping a social networking site like Orkut out of the reach of many make them safer? It is true that a lot of filth is already spread on this site. Even it is weird being bombarded by friend requests from complete strangers or being at the receiving ends of crap scraps. Nevertheless, quality people who are equally responsible about using the site are also there on Orkut.

I believe that people should learn to exercise their responsibilty and sensible judgement if they want to make the optimum use of networking sites like Orkut etc. by getting connected with like minded people.

So, while the debate continues on whether to ban Orkut or not, enjoy Orkuting, albeit in a responsible manner!