Using the smartphone app Waze is pretty much like using our senses to manoeuvre ourselves through the journey of life. Getting from Point A to Point B has never been easier. Whether you are new to an area or need to go somewhere in fastest possible time, Waze comes to our rescue. So, we would like to think. And we pacify ourselves that it must be the shortest route or the speediest one. Is it really? Sometimes, we cannot wonder but ask ourselves, are we actually taking the best route? More often than not, on our return journey, we had been made to realise that there is indeed a more convenient route than the one we had used earlier. But then, who is to know how it would have been if we had indeed taken the other path? Is it a question of the grass being greener on the other side or a case of sour grapes just to pacify ourselves? The situation is pretty much the same when we are told early in life how life should be lived. We are told to follow certain rituals and rules ...
It is all Mimesis