MEMO FROM NARA...

‘How the future is going to be?’ It is obviously a foolish question to ask by a 70-plus-old-person like me. Still I wish to visualize the future life in our planet is quite interesting for everyone irrespective of age and gender. I may not be experiencing the future life but many others who are younger than me will certainly get that golden opportunity. Is it going to be a happy one? One can not say. Probably Paul, the Octopus may be able to predict as it did for the Germany’s foot ball future. Anyway as things move on, one thing appears to be certain is an increase in human population. I think, the number growing in billions is going to be the major problem for the future. Creation of humans by human beings and the advancement in health services will decide about the population pressure. Infrastructure facilities for billions of people all over the world are certainly going to be serious concern. Science and technology are the tools in the hands of humans to solve the problems and make the world happy. The East is copying the West and the West is trying to copy the East. The world will be converging further to connect everyone on the Globe. The distance between continents and nations is going to be narrowed and the culture of one nation will cross with the other to make a hybrid having huge vigor. I believe healthy and strong men and women will be there to make the future happy. Everyone needs food for survival. So food for all has to be produced in farms or in factories!. There will be ways and means to solve the food scarcity. Because of scientific advancement, solutions to problems would be possible in the future world. One of the basic necessities for all is the survival for the fittest. A country with billions of people differed in social status will certainly create chaos and crises which may lead to the question of ‘who is big?’ and ‘who is not?’ Finally fighting between groups of people may be expected. Such fighting probably will intensify terrorist activities that may bring down the intensity of the happiness we expect in future. Still I think there is an answer for every question as there is a solution for every problem.