Has Time changed?
I wonder what's the difference between the 'good old days' and 'these days'. We think there are not just one or two of them, but a whole list of them. What has truly changed is our technology. But the basic human instincts, needs and desires are very much the same. Hunger, thirst, elation, depression, jealousy, friendship, anger, calm, greed, benevolence, war, peace-- these were a part of human life earlier and have continued to follow us till today.

Only our way of expressing them has changed, though slightly. Earlier, people fought to conquer (read plunder) small territories or to fight evil. Today they do so to exploit resources of nations or to lay their hands on terrorists. What we heard then were cannons, horses and gunpowder. What we hear today are stealth bombers, tanks and nuclear bombs. Innocent civilians died then as an unfortunate consequence, now they die because of 'mistakes'.

Our perspective hasn't changed. The 'right' and the 'wrong' are pretty much the same today. We aren't any more civilised today than we were yesterday, because we have not been able to understand the true meaning of 'civilised'-- the adjective we use so easily to describe our barbaric and so-called superior race.

Forget it. It's time for a real change.
Are homo sapiens listening?
PS-- Go watch 'Asoka'. It's great.