My lament on the Loss of Human Connection in the 21st Century

Prachi Gohil
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"You’d imagine that automating everything we want would make our lives easier. Rationally, an easier life is a better life. That should imply that a better life is a happier one? It makes sense, doesn’t it? But as I’ve been on both sides of the globe, the East and the West, it makes me believe that it’s not true. Even if we solved every possible problem in our lives either at an individual or on a global scale, we’ll still find a way to be unhappy or dissatisfied."

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What It Feels Like to be an NRI Student in America Right Now

Prachi Gohil
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"How is it that one section of the world can be so privileged that they complain about the authenticity of sushi they get and the other is so dismal that they can’t even grow food to eat? Is that the reason why I need to be here? Because then I’m part of the privileged few who get to walk on dirt-less roads and have water straight out of the tap? Or am I exercising privilege if I refuse this opportunity in favour of roads with potholes and doctor’s clinic that host roadside dogs?"

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Remember the Letters

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"Maybe, we need to miss each other. Maybe we don’t want to read that text at 12 o’clock in the night. Maybe, we want to know that you care and nothing except the warmth of your hand can say that.

As technology takes the human race forward, are we becoming more mechanical? Is the aim of our existence is to bring order out of chaos? Maybe, some chaos is good for your health."

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