"History, naah its boring" is what we hear from the generation of the future, every single time someone looks at the future generation. Many times when in a idle state of mind or just when someone is not in a good frame of mind, people stumble upon questions like What I am, Why do I do what I do etc.Though the questions seem rather obscure or many times irrelevant those are questions which we need to find answers for(hard to say sense or nonsense).
All said and done, why we don't we try to find something which is old?? Its the problem of how its transferred to the future. Families which have maintained their sense of history , have passed on valuable information about their forefathers to the future generations. This is where many fail, giving the critical, lop-sided images of the past which kills the interest of generations to come. Schools which gives history in a dates and loads of information makes a mockery to the essence of history(thinking, information through reading and judgement). Zombies are made, taking a path neither wide nor long, traversed not for a long time...
Why history? We can say the cliched ' for valuable lessons', but we do know(optimistic) its much more than that. A deeper insight into science, religion, spirtuality, art etc begins with history and there lies the future!!
Recently when i went on and on complaining and cribbing about all of this, someone said to me, 'look, the general consciousness about all of this and much more in the present generation is on the rise'. Hope its correct(it has to happen at some time, thats what history has taught us!!!)
Lets wait and see, the old wine in the new bottle or new wine in the old one!!!
VD
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