The Generation Gap

  I have four generation of people around me. We try to have cordial relations to a certain extent but the difference of opinion is quite evident. The difference in thoughts, opinions, lifestyle is apparent. This isn't just in my house but in every one's, living in a joint family or otherwise. The older generation undoubtedly has a lot of wisdom that our generation can learn from but there are certain beliefs that have been passed onto us, which is now outdated. We are awake, aware of our surroundings. But there are a plenty of times when we find ourselves at the receiving end of "Hamare jamane me..." Your generation Vs Our generation lecture. (This blog may appear biased)
   They say, "You don't respect elders." We say," The only criteria for respecting people cannot be that they were born before us."
   They say," Your generation is so impatient." We say,"Yeah, we don't want to wait for days for a letter to be delivered by a piegon."
  They say,"Your generation wants an easier life." We say,"We work extremely hard so we deserve a comfortable life."
   They say,"Your generation is very materialistic." We say," You didn't have awesome gadgets back then, or you would have been."
   They say," Marriage should be a priority for you, young people." We say," Education, careers and option of choosing our partners is way more important."
   They say," Your generation's divorce rates are sky high." We say," Its because we refuse to suffer in a relationship that doesn't make us happy."
   They say," Your generation doesn't want to have kids and family." We say," What's wrong in wanting more out of life?"
  They say," Girls in our generation had tameez and lihaaj." We say," They didn't have the option of freedom of expression."
   They say," Our generation never saw many rapes." We say," Because they decided to turn a blind eye fearing 'shame'.
   They say," Your generation doesn't respect other people's beliefs." We say," We respect everybody's beliefs but refuse to adhere to practices which we find stupid."
    All of the above discussions routinely takes place in my house but we do find a common ground. We all try to have at least a meal in a day together. We discuss all the issues/topics taken place in the day. It may be cricket, movies or even politics .These days they are more updated as all are on the social networking sites. Let us the "Younger Generation" bridge the gap with the older ones.

(Taken help from ScoopWhoop)