Hunger and Work

Occasionally, just like any other normal human being, my work gets a 'break' because of pangs of hunger! Ah...why do we have to feel hungry? And, why do we have to have sleep and rest.

Food drives so many things in this world. In the animals, it is what they live for pretty much every day save for a few like Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Man was intelligent, so he formed a society of interdependence and thereby co-existence.

Society has become such a negative word nowadays! It either refers to the rich, (in)famous & influential or to rumour-mongers, backbiters and the like. So, we are living amidst the 'modern' thinking of 'individuality', 'independence' and 'freedom'. Each person wants to be an individual. What can be more free than not having to search for one's food the whole day! So, is it 'a thankless society' or 'thankless individuals'? Makes me wonder.

If everybody becomes an engineer, nay a software engineer (as it is in India), who would produce the crop, who would run the state transport or collect the garbage?

What lacks in India (and possibly other parts of world as well) is respect for work. The holy text Bhagwadgita hails work and establishes the path of work as one equivalent to that of Knowledge or Love(Bhakti) - "Work is Worship". How can a job be menial if 'Work is worship'? So, it is not only the software engineer or the software company CEO who makes the economy flourish - shouldn't we be thankful to those who produce the crop that we eat thrice daily without fail!

While all including me are happy about the sunrise sector called IT in India, I am certainly eternally grateful to every human being who has contributed to my peaceful living today!