Till Death Do Us Apart - All We Learnt from the Death of a Girl Due to Her Job

 The recent story of the death of a young girl due to stress and overwork at a reputed firm isn't new for some of us. But what it does tell us is that we as a society are screwed.

We are wasting ourselves to oblivion. No, it's not about fame, but about becoming insignificant even to your own children and family members to the point of indifference. Your so called sacrifices and efforts will mean nothing to them. Be honest - do your kids have the same connect with you as yours was with your parents? No. 

Technology isn't the sole factor, as many of us want to assert - it's a mere distraction. The real problem is broken families, broken hearts, disappointed children and saddened eyes that lead us up the wrong bark of the value judgment tree.

Yes, we want money, but for what? The day you die, no one will be there to speak a few good words at your memoriam. There will be none to even undertake your final rites because you were not there for them, having slogged to “provide all the comforts of life”.

It is a hard bargain that we have opted for as a society, and are more than willing to broker our end of the deal. 

Then we have those who want us to work for “nation building”. Last I checke, belief in the family institution was also an Indian value - only some, however, are allowed the right to it as per our leading luminaries. The rest of us should wallow and die in misery, taking the thought to its logical conclusions.

We don't even want to be witnesses to our own lives anymore. That's the sad reality. In all honesty, most of us don't even have friends who will not judge, however fancy a notion you may carry. And that is the microcosm of our reality - no one is free from the chain of judgement. 

We hear statements on the need to change. Who will lead the change though? Not the ones who are there to perpetuate the status quo. Who cares much about the gradiose statements, when all they hear is taunts from their bosses and boasts on how they have ruined their own lives for their jobs? 

COVID taught the world something essential - none of the pain and emotional breakdowns were worth it. And yet, we see the milling, the structures, and the orders - the break that everyone thought was coming never really did come. All that came their way was a false hope, a mirage. 

All these calls will die soon. Memory is short, and the addiction to pain is heady. No one will care, as always, whether you're dead or alive. All that they will worry for is the deadline and the activity distribution. But such is life , that those bossing you will also have no one to say anything good for them on the day of their memoriam. They too will die anonymous. And lonely. And sad.