The Teenage Decade: 2010 - 2019
The fabled year 2020 is now well upon us. January is almost
over and it is time to take stock of the second decade of the 21st century; the
years 2010 to 2019. Yet, before we look at this period which is a contemporary
topic, let us look at some perspective. For those of us who have spent some
time in the 20th century, this century had often been hailed as a landmark. A
fabled utopia of technological advances, democracy, equality and most of all
peace! After the devastation of the two World Wars and the continuing warfare
across all continents in the 20th century, people could have only looked with
hope for the twenty-first century. Despite the extensive devastation wrought in
the last century, it was a century which saw immense technological growth in
all sectors. As also, the arrival of a fledgling democracy in the most
underprivileged countries of the world that were hitherto colonized by the
European powers. Thus, the masses across the world looked to the next century
as some sort…
