Is life better for us than our forefathers?

Life is better in some areas and in some other areas no. Ask me, why do I say so? The answer is, that with the economy growing people are getting richer day by day; there are more affordable luxury items like cars, Television, mobile phones, washing machines etc and latest gizmos compared to life lived by our forefathers. Now, you don’t need to bend your back while washing clothes. But so is the problem of pollution, birth of new diseases like cancer etc which are causing problems to our livelihood.

As we are becoming more and more advanced material problems are no longer a concern. We are also living longer, we are literate, we can tackle many diseases with the help of latest medical technologies and know hows. With all such advances in science and arts our lives have become more interesting. We no longer have to wait in a queue to use well water or hand pump. The tap is directed into our home provides sufficient water. Even though there are places where water is a scarce resource. But we are trying to fill this gap. With mobile phones we can talk to anyone any where in the corner of the globe. Our advances in technology can make life simpler and make us more productive with the same effort. All these things are the boon which our forefathers were unable to experience.

But there are also cold wars, nuclear bombs, which are making all of us separate, Examples like the recent holocaust at the Taj hotel and 9/11 causes shivers in our spine. We are becoming more intolerant, at least the terrorists are. But with the latest advances in military science we are also able to use intelligence well. There is cooperation despite competitive amongst nations. We will certainly not be able to estimate how our forefathers lived, but as we live we are being exposed to newer and newer things and we are becoming more curious about how future lives will be. Futurologists are predicting and promising a better future, a future where men will only enjoy and machines will do all the work. We will be living in a world of plenty. But there will be famines, draughts, floods, volcanoes, road accidents, newer strains of bacteria and viruses to fight.