Few observations over the last year about our beloved country and I wish over next one year things become better with blessings of the divine Mother Goddess! Nothing is new but continuing at same pace or with more brazenness. 1) Barring top 10% - 15% people, everyone else is suffering from inflation, unemployment, poor salary, insecurity, climate crises and economic stress. A large section is surviving on govt hand outs and its unsustainable. 2) Seems society and govt of all denominations lost control over corruption and extractive, high-handed, uncontrolled, arbitrary exercise of power by all types of govt and semi govt agencies and officers. Whosoever has any means to exploit or harass the people, doing it with impunity. The desperation is noticeable. It is almost impossible to prove as the web is very intricate and impenetrable. Also justice is expensive and prohibitive in India. Individuals fear they will be targeted if complain. So tolerate and bear.... 3) People who can make their voices heard look at everything from their political bias. Overt or covert. I have never in life seen Indian society so polarized and so parochial in their approach to looking at truth. 4) We stopped debating issues long back and attacking the person than addressing the issue is the norm over many years now. Over the years it took two forms --- aggressive countering or total withdrawal. Middle space for reconciliation disappeared. Unless we restore it, we all will be in danger! No political party or ideology or economy can survive a fractured society. 5) Uncouth, crude, crass, idiotic, hyper aggressive, uninformed loud behaviour and language is the arsenal to combat in most public spaces including social media --- not reason, argument, respect, propriety and anchoring oneself to basic truthfulness to facts. Are we collectively evolving or degenerating? Can we expect a better time ahead........ ???!! I earnestly pray !! 🙏