A Few Desires More
By Venu Dorairaj
Sipping on a cup of filter coffee in my
bore a striking resemblance to our human
garden, I chanced on a procession of ants
populace crisscrossing the world as we
that were going about their business
go about our day-to-day busy lives.
briskly. Apart from an occasional stop for a quick tête-à-tête with an oncoming mate,
However, there end all similarities. Where
they were working hard to transport the
these ants seem to be purely interested in
food they had just discovered. The image
their sustenance, the sad truth is that we
of those ants - all similarly sized, single-
seem to be predominantly focused on
minded, and working as hard as the other -
indulgence.
Tarang
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