Poetic Justice - III
Ranjan Yumnam *
I don't know about you
I think it's the golden age of mankind
There is no war
Moirang INA is a relic
Is there a 3rd world war?
No
Is trump the evil incarnate who will wage war with Syria?
He just withdrew his troops
It seems the better angels of our nature has conquered the darker side of humanity
There is no epidemic
AIDS is under control
You will get your ART
It's no longer a death sentence
What about malnutrition?
There is none, at least in most parts of the world
The table has turned
The poor consumes the highest calories
The rich subsists on sub-poverty level of nutrition
Why?
Because of VLCC and their ilk
They want to be slim and stay fashionable to fit into their Calvin Klein outfits
You think Deepika Pudukone eats more than you?
She earns like a monster but eats like an ant
It's the end of malnutrition
Eat junk food
You are poor
Eat salad
You are rich
The gym goers who eat 500 calories of pumpkin are now the fattiest Neanderthals
Try 200 calories per day
That makes you Sonam Kapoor
War, plague and malnutrition are gone
Cold war, depression and obesity are endemic, right next door, if not in your bedroom
What can we do about it?
What is our agenda?
Hit life expectancy of 300
It's us trying to be God
To become the image of God
To engineer our destiny
Trying to be happy
With alcohol, Methamphetamine, cocaine and assorted drugs
Bhutan already has Happiness Development Index instead of GDP
Our goal is now to be on a high all the time
As they say don't buy stuff, buy experiences
My best prognosis for future is us trying to be immortals and be eternally happy
To live every moment with the most pleasant sensations
In an endless loop
See the 58th version of iPhone
To replace my liver
My heart is defective
Can I grow a new one?
I want my limbs back after amputation
I want my libido after 90
Without Viagra
That's science serving our needs
My hypothesis is this: Try to remain alive till 2050
You won't die of disease
Medicine will have advanced far enough to cure any health complication
Cancer may become just another flu that can be cured with a capsule
But here's the downside
Your boss will be your boss for another 50 years
She will endure and stall your promotion
Your enemy won't die
And the sunny side: your best friends too will be beside you through thick and thin
Like a cyborg
In a world dominated by inorganic human beings with super intelligent abilities encased in perfect silicone bodies
And as Rabindranath Tagore might have said,
Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my fellow country men awake,
Indigenous people included
Without malice
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* Ranjan Yumnam , a frequent contributor to e-pao.net, wrote this article for The Sangai Express. This article was posted on January 22, 2017.
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