Adapting to Luxury
What was considered luxury a couple of years back has now become an essential component of human lives, making it nearly impossible to survive without it. The 3 basic needs are no longer food, clothing and shelter. We have gone far beyond that era.
It is nearly impossible for some to people to imagine their lives without having a car to get around. Moving around from one place to another has become a piece of cake these days. But we are so dependent on our vehicles, that one day without it could be a living hell.
Consider the telephone for example, the most widely used means of communication. Even the beggars in the streets have cell phones. There is no need to start on what chaos it can create. I alone know how much trouble I had to go through trying to survive 6 days without my cell phone. It was a mess.
No matter how much you try to deny it, luxury has been incorporated into our lives in such a way that we cant survive without it. It is no longer only confined to the richer sections. It has strongly affected the middle class and almost just as much, the below average people.
To my shock, I have seen auto-rickshaw drivers to street vendors to beggars carrying a cell phone around with them, in India. If you think about it, this would mean a whole new definition for the term ‘poor’.
It is nearly impossible for some to people to imagine their lives without having a car to get around. Moving around from one place to another has become a piece of cake these days. But we are so dependent on our vehicles, that one day without it could be a living hell.
Consider the telephone for example, the most widely used means of communication. Even the beggars in the streets have cell phones. There is no need to start on what chaos it can create. I alone know how much trouble I had to go through trying to survive 6 days without my cell phone. It was a mess.
No matter how much you try to deny it, luxury has been incorporated into our lives in such a way that we cant survive without it. It is no longer only confined to the richer sections. It has strongly affected the middle class and almost just as much, the below average people.
To my shock, I have seen auto-rickshaw drivers to street vendors to beggars carrying a cell phone around with them, in India. If you think about it, this would mean a whole new definition for the term ‘poor’.
posted by Blue Rose @ 6:13 PM
3 Comments:
At Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:57:00 PM,
Ninnevah said…
oh yeah i def cant live without my car, and without internet, oh God no!!!
and yeah ive prayed in the mens section before too:):) but not here , that was in australia and it wasnt wierd or anything, they just thought i didnt know there was a women's place...but i think its more of a priveledge to have your own women's section, whether its a waiting room or a teller at a bank...
At Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:32:00 AM,
Ninnevah said…
also, while i was driving home late last night,i saw a gardener sitting in the middle of a green roundabout, there wasnt much traffic so it was quiet and i figured h elooked comfortable so that weather shouldnt be that bad and when i opened the window..it was okay, so also sometimes these people appreciate little things that we are oblivious to due to the luxury items that we grossly over use, ie the car's a.c so late at night.
At Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:37:00 PM,
Blue Rose said…
That is kinda like what I was trying to say.
Cell phones definetely used to be a luxury that only some people enjoy (at the time when they first came out). Now this luxury has incorporated itself into our lives in such a way that it is now a necessity.
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