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In the eras by gone, changes in society came at a very slow pace. Most people lived just as their forefathers lived. All this changed over the last century. We now experience an uncomfortable and break-neck pace of changes in our own lives that the famed author Alvin Toffler called “Future Shock”. A poet’s heart is very sensitive to such changes. Here is a very lovely poem by Amarnath Srivastava Ji depicting changes in lives and attitudes. Last two lines are my favorite – as we get tied up in our own pace, how fortunate is the un-encumbered free bird perched on the tree! Rajiv K. Saxena Keywords: change in lives, fast pace, life styles, present and past, future shock |
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