By: pagadia

pagadia — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:09:12 +0000

Already with computers and mobile phones the natural memory power earlier generations had is missing from genNext. They are of course very intelligent, but selfishly so. On top of that parents are teaching them to be greedy and jealous by pushing the kids on to reality shows. Technology has improved but one doubts if it is going into building character. This younger generation doesn’t know the virtue of togetherness and sharing because they spend all their time alone before the idiot box. They are irritated even with small failures and are unable to share their feeling with their parents. Your article about reality show parents hopefully makes them nurture their children to develop skills not for reality shows but for enjoyment and relaxation.

By: Rajesh Ramaswamy

Rajesh Ramaswamy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:14:38 +0000

Dear Bikram
This is an outstanding article, but one I’m sure, you’d much rather not have written.
I may also sound like a fossil, but where is the exercise any more for young minds? There is no more mental or physical challenge,no more curiosity about the wider world (everything’s available on google), and no sens eof proportion among the guardians of our future- the parents.
I’m sure there’ll be those who flay us and talk about dance being a higher art form, but that is about dance, not mimicry, which is what these shows are. Imagine a renaissance where budding painters are assessed on the quality of reproductions and not on originality, or exploring their own oeuvre!
I have no doubt that the ability to think and reason out things for oneself; the hunger for knowledge…will become vestigial soon, and we all know what God did to the tail when we humans stopped using it.
Sigh! Someone please invent time travel and allow me to go bak to an age where ‘intellectual curiosity’ didn’t find satisfaction thru reality shows.

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By: pagadia

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