With YOU Without YOU?

Most of us have a routine query to ask on meeting anyone in daily life: How are you? But if the same quesiton comes to me, especially from those whom I consider my loved ones, i simply ask them ---With you , Without you?

The persons who don't undestand what it means just say WHAATT? And, the others who understand, just realise what am I complaining about to them?

I feel like pin-pointing many of my affectionate friends or relatives at times with deep anguish and concern, the kind of void (gap) that has started to affect our warm relations these days. Be it computers, cellular phones' long chats or the growing work pressure and increasing requirements for children's workload. All this is rapidly taking away the sweet juice out of close relations. Be it family or family of friends, the effect is sadly everywhere.

Irrespective of the pace of life, there is always some scope to stay in touch with each other. But who bothers? Regrettably , our loved ones don't realise that the modernity and cut throat competion in everyone's life has killed the original affection in relations. During festivals, we have started a trend to send boring and forwarded messages. We have forgotten the joy of greeting or meeting each other with a hug full of warmth.

It looks as if we feel the 'duty' is over after greeting each other over phone. And, perhaps, this is the reason why strong relations have suffered a set back. The day is not far when there will be no family relations just after individuals would marry.

Interestingly, our professional engagements never let us realise that social relations are also very important in life. The world would come to its end much earlier than others, if we kept on staying so much engrossed running after meeting one deadline to another and losing out on personal and caring relations.


Who is responsible and who will do something about this mess, if not me or you? And, only then we may never need to ask from our loved ones How are You?