Where are we headed?!

I came across this article on plastic surgery among teenagers in India.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The_look_good_factor/articleshow/2931404.cms

My thoughts? I’m not quite sure! I’m furious, sad, disappointed and scared, I think!

I’m furious, furious at the parents who’d rather let their kids go in for plastic surgery, than inculcate in them values of tolerance; is it so much easier to put one’s kids under the knife than reprimand them for bullying others?

I’m sad, sad at the state we are in right now. Instead of teaching kids to tolerate differences and celebrate diversity, we are destroying diversity itself!

I’m disappointed, disappointed in the doctors who do such surgeries. Medicine is a noble profession. What noble deed might you be doing by cutting up some kid’s nose or sucking fat off a cute little boy’s cheeks? Are all your patients really kids who suffer from “severe” lack of confidence? Or does money really make the world go ‘round?

And I’m scared, scared of where we are headed as a race. The pursuit of “beauty” (whatever that is, because quite frankly, I think my definition differs drastically from everyone else’s) is becoming increasingly synonymous with the pursuit of “happiness” (again, whatever that is). Or, vice versa!

I’m also scared of having kids, because honestly, I’d probably be the kind of mum who’ll have to see her only child commit suicide because she refused to let the kid have plastic surgery for a slightly deformed nose that all the bratty kids made fun of! But why am I talking about kids here, when there is a big possibility that I don’t even get married? No one would want to marry me, given that I have dark circles, a protruding lateral incisor, a weird nose, wear glasses and have no curves! And given the recent studies about how important being attractive is for professional success, I’d have no money for guys to be after! Ahhh! Doesn’t that mean that I shouldn’t be scared then? Yes, I shouldn’t be scared at all!