A Dirge on decline of literary values in present era.
It is pertinent to say that the world in which we are dwelling is quite sluggish and slow to impart much needed fillip to literary values.The repercussion that was well pointed by great novelist and liberal humanist,E.M Foster is that though modern children are studded with stout body but seem starved of psychological,ethical and literary maturity.This was not the case with our predecessors as their life was perfect amalgamation of physical strength and spirituality; which constituted their wholesome and holistic evolution. Now a schism or schizophrenia seems to have set in our life where we fail to perceive things in terms of totality and togetherness.This fragmentary and divisive attitude to study and analyse things in isolated vein has wreaked havoc on our literary sensibilities.Our elderly lot of society by virtue of their accommodating and all inclusive mind were equally sound in many languages and had at their disposal a mind that was agile and astute in envisaging such art that was to prove 'monument of unaging intellect 'later on; in words of W.B YEATS ,our last romantic poet. Often they humble our pride when we see their literary pyrotechnics which is gleaned from as diverse sources as scriptures and classics.Be it domain of writing or wax of eloquence we utterly fail to match their brilliance.The facility and ease with which they write or spell out their thoughts is a treat to watch.Behind them their is the sheer weight of erudition and elegance which almost makes them authoritative and irrefutable.However,we fail to assert ourselves in any arena of language as our mind was wrongly indoctrinated by our mentors with the notion that consolidating ourselves in any of the languages would suffice our need.Now this realization seems to be dawning my mind that as an Indian if i have to create for myself niche in the society then simultaneously i need to equip myself with the best of oriental lore that is buried in vedic and Upnishadic archives of history as well as in other literary sources. I need to embark on an odyssey where quest and pursuit of knowledge in all its myriad manifestation becomes the guiding spirit of my moral being.
It is pertinent to say that the world in which we are dwelling is quite sluggish and slow to impart much needed fillip to literary values.The repercussion that was well pointed by great novelist and liberal humanist,E.M Foster is that though modern children are studded with stout body but seem starved of psychological,ethical and literary maturity.This was not the case with our predecessors as their life was perfect amalgamation of physical strength and spirituality; which constituted their wholesome and holistic evolution. Now a schism or schizophrenia seems to have set in our life where we fail to perceive things in terms of totality and togetherness.This fragmentary and divisive attitude to study and analyse things in isolated vein has wreaked havoc on our literary sensibilities.Our elderly lot of society by virtue of their accommodating and all inclusive mind were equally sound in many languages and had at their disposal a mind that was agile and astute in envisaging such art that was to prove 'monument of unaging intellect 'later on; in words of W.B YEATS ,our last romantic poet. Often they humble our pride when we see their literary pyrotechnics which is gleaned from as diverse sources as scriptures and classics.Be it domain of writing or wax of eloquence we utterly fail to match their brilliance.The facility and ease with which they write or spell out their thoughts is a treat to watch.Behind them their is the sheer weight of erudition and elegance which almost makes them authoritative and irrefutable.However,we fail to assert ourselves in any arena of language as our mind was wrongly indoctrinated by our mentors with the notion that consolidating ourselves in any of the languages would suffice our need.Now this realization seems to be dawning my mind that as an Indian if i have to create for myself niche in the society then simultaneously i need to equip myself with the best of oriental lore that is buried in vedic and Upnishadic archives of history as well as in other literary sources. I need to embark on an odyssey where quest and pursuit of knowledge in all its myriad manifestation becomes the guiding spirit of my moral being.
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