Tilak Amitava Chowdhury

My dad loved to smoke Marlboros. I tried emulating him but never quite liked smoking. My uncle loved wearing high leather boots and I was attracted to them till I realised I couldn't carry them as well as him My another uncle loved to gel his hair and have the Marlon Brandos Godfather look. I tried that but realised it doesn't suit my face. I guess that's the process of growing up. Trying and rejecting and accepting things till we find out style our comfort levels.  And owning our choices. That's what probably separates a 20 year old from a 40 year old I guess! 😊

It is such a beautiful experience to sit and watch the rains falling on my balcony. To hear the rain drops. To feel the rain drops on my skin. What could be more beautiful. Grateful to God for these little luxuries in life. Thank you God🙏

It is said that for many thousands of years we remained hunters and gatherers. Then we became farmers and in the last ten thousand years as farmers, we have nearly killed the planets, killed many species and almost killed ourselves over and over again. What are we doing with our lives? We are sitting ourselves to death, eating junk to the graveyard and stressing ourselves to sickness. We have more than ever but we are unhappier than ever. We can't trust another human, we are constantly fighting wars with more and more potent weapons. We are living longer with more fear of death. Is it really life? I feel we were happier when we didn't have all this as a race. We lived in small wellknit communities and trusted each other with our lives. What happened? Where did we go so wrong? Let's turn around and find out by going to where it all started!

Companies are replacing humans with robots to increase profitability and optimise costs. Great. But the displaced humans and their relatives are the ones who consume the products these companies produce. I am yet to see robots ordering at Mcdonalds or ordering coke. Yet to see robots buying surf Excel and beauty creams. I'm yet to see robots taking a Uber or renting a hotel room. The list is huge. Humanity is a circle, what goes comes back in another form. So displacing human force may not be a good idea with robots. Not now. We are not that tech-savvy yet😊

As soon as babies are born I this world we inject them with this virus called good life. A life where you can drive big cars, eat at good restaurants, flash some fancy degrees and flaunt some obscenely expensive gadgets. And they run after it all their lives. Only to realise that this was all false. All a trap. A trademill where you run faster but stay where you are. Ed up getting fatigued but reaching no where. Why are we humans so cruel? So unsympathetic. When are we going to realise that good things in life are free. Only we need to free ourselves from the chains of civilization to enjoy them and live a good life.

This is a question that mankind needs to ask itself. We all need to ask ourselves. In this mad rush for MORE we are heading towards being NOMORE.  We are killing the planet, killing our health, killing our future and killing everything we have built in the last 10000 years  We are already enough. Enough. We need no more development. Let's enjoy what we have achieved and live happily as a race in peace and with joy