New Year should bring real changes

Right from the moment of the commencement of the Bangla New Year in Kolkata, deafening firecrackers reverberate across the midnight sky rendering horror in the hearts of infants, children, senior citizens and patients. The party continues on the streets, bars and night clubs till the wee hours of the morning. With the arrival of dawn, picnic parties start their journey towards various destinations playing music in decibels much louder than the permissible limit.

                I am, however, starting to wonder if these frenzied activities serve any real purpose. Do these revelers care about the less fortunate members of the society? I think they are missing the point: The New Year is a moment in time when we all should take a hard look at ourselves and assess what we have done wrong and how we could do things better to make the world a better place.