IN(E)ternally Dumb

Nandan Nilekani recently said in an interview, an Indian will soon be identified with three numbers: his bank account number, his mobile phone number and the UID It is a natural corollary of the today’s situation, where we and are obsessions are getting increasingly digitalised. With the globalisation and digitalisation of the world , different hues : Violet, Indigo, Blue, Red ; are all mixing to form a mundane white .With the monotonity and homogeneity of the technological cloud that wraps around the world , we are fast losing our intrinsic strands of heritage and becoming that shirt –trouser jeans clad global citizen. Perhaps, global citizen is just a euphemism for the confusion that lurks in the souls today, the confusion of one’s unique identity ,of where does one belong really? Studying engineering, I was supposed to have carved a niche for myself in the educational domain. But I have been decapitated to a situation where I can only interview in companies where analytical skills are tasted. In today’s parlance, I want to become a manager(really?). Similarly born and brought up in different parts of India, and stayed and studied and worked abroad, I am not very sure, which part of the world can I claim myself to be a proud ambassador of! The confusion and loss of my identity has led to a blurr, where I feel I have lost touch with myself. Not very sure of goals and desires and ambitions , ihas been almost impossible to find out what I can live without . When I try to hear the inner voice, I can only hear the clatter of keyboards. In the face of the universal blitzkrieg today, orphaned from my past, I feel alone. Sadly, I am not the only one.