Why is
the younger generation getting grey haired so early? Recently, I realized
that one of my best friends had grey hair- not one, but about 1735. And
he is only 16-17 years old. Then, yesterday to be precise, I was reprimanded
by my mom for the fact that I didn't 'oil' my hair regularly. I was about
to brush her off, when she plucked a hair from my scalp and showed it to
me- it was grey. Although popularly, 'your' generation may say that we
kids apply all sorts of chemicals and stuff to our hair, and its the cause
of grey hair, I beg to differ. My point is simple. The friend of mine (NB:-
This is not a singular case. I have seen many who have grey hair prematurely.)
who has grey hair, 'oils' his hair regularly and doesn't 'torture' his
hair. Even then, his hair is greying ..... why? Its because of the enormous
tension 'we' are under. You may have noticed that 16,17 is the age when
students are in Junior colleges. Its this time when we have to study thick
books of 2000 pages and give tests to ensure we get admission to the top
colleges and courses. And why? Because the competition is increasing,
nay, 'exponentiating'. And whose fault is it that the population
is increasing? Its definitely not our fault. Now a days,
my parents keep me from sleep as humans keep from the plague. What, I ask,
is the object of all this? What, I ask, is the result of all this? There
are more things to heaven and earth, dear elders, than are dreamt of in
your philosophy. But even then, we are being made to pay for errors
we didn't commit. Forget about us. What about the next generation? Our
children? What kind of competition will they face? If we continue at this
rate, a time may come, and very soon, when children will be born with grey
hair, and will go bald at the time of graduating. All I hope to accomplish
by means of this letter is to hope that someone influential will, on reading
this letter, formulate strict laws about population.
Also, one
must give thought to the other aspect of this writeup. What is the object
of being an engineer when there are 12 at every intersection?
I invite all
those who have read this to respond to me with whatever they think at
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May GOD save
us!
Thank you
for your time.