---------- Forwarded message --------- From: N Sekar <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:28 PM Subject: Fwd - Touching message To: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Narayanaswamy Sekar < [email protected]>, Chittanandam V. R. <[email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>, Suryanarayana Ambadipudi < [email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>, Rama (Iyer 123 Group) <[email protected]>, Mani APS <[email protected]>
I’m sharing something that touched me hope you all like it. We are in a loneliness epidemic. And the irony is, we’ve never been more connected. Group chats light up every evening. Emojis substitute affection. But no one tells you they cried in the shower. No one tells you they sat alone in silence for dinner fifth night in a row. We were never built for this much distance. For centuries in India Families lived under one roof Your neighbors knew your name You shared food You shared grief. You borrowed sugar. You didn’t need to ask, “Can I come over ?” You just did But then came the upgrade. We moved into better houses. Bigger salaries. Smaller lives. The kids who once played gully cricket now swipe through reels The women who once shared evening tea now compare Amazon deals. The men who once sat together reading newspapers now forward news they don’t read We replaced intimacy with information Now everyone knows where you are But no one knows how you are. We are lonely not because we lack people, but because we’ve stopped showing our hearts I see it when friends text me “All good” and then have breakdowns at 2am. I see it in fathers who haven’t hugged their sons in years. In daughters who fake laugh so their mothers won’t worry Even in love, loneliness hides You live with someone. Share a bed But the silence grows. The touch fades The conversations reduce to logistics “Did you pay the bill ?” “Did you order groceries ?” You forget to ask, “How’s your heart ?” We are raising a generation that knows how to hustle, but not how to hold each other And when someone breaks — as they inevitably do — we send them a playlist. A meme A quote But we forget the oldest Indian tradition Just sitting with someone in silence Without answers. Without fixing We don’t need more content. We need more company So let’s bring back slow conversations, soft hugs, honest eyes, and unapologetic warmth Because no matter how fast the world runs, the heart heals only at the speed of connection & love ❣️ Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81Zc4-pG8Fj3%3Da25%2BAvPwUK7MUfB%3Dr%2BKuKeyDdsBkAnLA0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
