What is Wrong with Brain Impairment?

Synopsis

The poem is about the differences in the way of life of the older generation and the present generation. A grandchild is asking his grandparents how they lived before modern gadgets like air- conditioners and the telecommunications were invented. The grandparents say that they were ignorant of modern technology and so they lived without them. But, unlike the present generation, they did not have environmental and emotional problems like pollution and stress.

Setting:

Living room in a house

Present day

Themes:

Price of progress

Quality of life

Challenges in life

Greed and materialism

Different times and values

Moral Values:

We must appreciate what we have

Progress and development have advantage and disadvantages

What we have today may not be good for us, health-wise

We must not be greedy as greed can bring about destruction

We should care for the environment

We must not too money-minded or materialist

by M.Shanmughalingam