The Time has Changed

It is often said, “The time has changed”. What does this mean? If we are referring to passage of time, it is true. We do not ever remain in the moment we were a moment ago. But, this is not normally meant by the expression. What is meant is that the social norms and values have changed, the behaviour pattern of people has changed, the ways of expression have changed, the words have changed, the meanings of old words have also changed, etc. etc.. It is never meant that the time has changed, the technologies have changed, the economic condition has changed, the consumption pattern has changed, some laws of physics have changed, medical science has changed, etc. etc..

Very few people complain about the latter types of changes but many voices are heard criticizing the former lot. And who are the ones who complain? The same people, who allowed or sanctioned these changes. When this is pointed out to them they have a very strong argument, they invariably say, “We had to allow or sanction ‘that’ because you know ‘The time has changed’ how can we live in the past?

What they mean is that with passage of time each one of us became so weak and spineless that neither we could live a disciplined life nor we had the guts to force discipline on our children. As a result our following generation went on degenerating. All prevailing evils are allowed and sanctioned by us and we blame ‘time’ for this. What a perverse logic of a degenerated mind!!!!