Q. When and where were you happiest?
A. In school. Money had a lot of value then. We knew how to get the best from the limited money we got. For Rs. 2, I would get an ice-cream. And how we treasured that.
— Santosh Sivan (1976), in a recent interview to The Hindu
I can say one thing for sure..I don’t seem to get the same enjoyment or happiness at a Mc Donalds or KFC than what we got from buying, sharing and eating the butter bun, having an ince-cream soda or having a small portion of a thumps up bought by my firend which he had to share with 4 or 5 of us at the canteen.
It is true that there is a lot more money and opportunity in today’s world. But I have an uncomfortable feeling on whether we have lost out on showing humanity…maybe I am wrong
Amen to that