“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.”

When we are born; what we are, where we belong, the color of our skin bears no effect on ourselves what so ever; although each one of us has experienced the arrangement of child birth but the prophecy of it remains a mystery for most if not all.

By prophecy I do not mean to predict or to foretell; what intrigues me is the insight of what a child must be feeling at the time of birth, or does the child has any notion about the happenings of his surroundings; can he feel the excitement of his parents or can he listen to the ghastly innuendos on the basis of sex.

Some aspects may intrigue me but facts are always there like how a child acts when placed in his mother’s arms, or how a child cries when hungry or in need of a diaper change. All of us at every point in life experience some sort of change along with the diaper change.

This change is which alters our imagination and thus new concepts and ideas are born which in one way or the other effect our way of living, our way of thinking, our attitudes, our wants and needs and the desire to fulfill our dreams and so a new era emerges which we call the era of the New Generation!

Although each one of us came into this world with the same formula or as written earlier by experiencing the same arrangement of childbirth, therefore I conceive that our way of thinking must always be the same at that time, but the conflict occurs as the years go by and we start experiencing different aspects of life; and our thinking becomes dependant on all these forces; it is at this time that an individual is born.

Conflict could be a disagreement, a clash, a divergence, an argument, a variance, a quarrel or even inconsistency; it is the circumstance that rules our minds and maneuvers our way of thinking.

The cycle of experiences begins with our birth and ends with the demise, in the growing years we are endowed with a certain set of rules almost where ever we go, in our homes there are certain traditions that we must adhere to, in the school another set of customs and so on.

These customs and traditions at all times play a significant role on our lives and are the foundation of our personality. When we at one point or the other defy or challenge these conventions we are called rebellious.

It may be the case that the person under grilling is by no means rebellious, his only fault perhaps is a different point of view but as it is some aspects are binding and therefore must be followed generation after generation despite being right or wrong; the question occurs just when these concepts are set mandatory and only when suitable.

A lot of our reasons and way of thinking depends on our social norms and sanctions. As a student of Sociology I myself have thoroughly studied these courses and have often thought of these norms and sanctions both adequately and inadequately, but that does not mean that I in any way am contrary to them, although the bias opinions do upset me.

Coming back to the point of rebelliousness, it is often a case of conflict than of defiance. A person may always obey to the instructions and guidelines outlined by his ancestors not only because it may be a moral duty but also because he believes them to be the right thing; in such a case if the same person at one point in life disagrees on a certain aspect is by no means rebellious but is just stating a point. On the other hand a person who always acts upon the word of his ancestors as the final word could be an over protective child or in other words a child brought up without courage and dictation, such a person if at some point in life realizes his own weaknesses and voices to overcome them is by no means being rebellious, he has just discovered his strength. There is also a man who believes in freedom of choice and lives his life according to the norms and sanctions and what he believes to be true; also he knows when to say no; is by no means rebellious but a man of authority and audacity.

Every being in this world has a right to live freely and fairly. Our conscience is a constant companion and therefore we are always aware of the rights and wrongs therefore shall be answerable for our deeds too. It is often said that we should learn from our mistakes; that by itself is very becoming but if we are expected to learn from the mistakes made by our ancestors, it could be far fetching although obliging nonetheless.

It is a custom detested by all and yet repeated by all that what our ancestors vowed not to do at that time are obliged to do now and thus this is a tendency of every individual that with age the thinking habits change, just as with age a narrow waist broadens and a broaden mind narrows.