We have been at Rishi Valley for a few days now. The school is located in a quiet campus. We walk everywhere. The area is a plastic-free zone. Food is served only in the dining area at regular intervals. There is no occasion to snack and no means of obtaining unhealthy snack wrapped in plastic, and therefore there is no litter. With no TVs, computers and other variety of electrical gadgets blasting ear-piercing sounds, it is serenely quiet. Even cell-phone usage is restricted. In these surroundings, it is natural to find people speaking softly, kindly.
There is no race to get to the office, no tearing rush to beat the traffic, but everything is done at the prescribed time. Work gets done, but without the trappings of stress and pressure that we assume go hand-in-hand with accomplishing your goals.
Is it the current state of our society that is making us loud and callous or is it our loud, callous behavior creating a more stressful society?
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