🌳 From the Banyan Tree to the Elevator

Last week I was in a village, I sat under a banyan tree. Within minutes, strangers began talking to me.
“Where are you from?”
“Whom have you come to see?”
That’s all it took to spark a warm conversation—about rain, crops, politics, and life. Simple. Human. Real.
Back in Bengaluru, the contrast hits me. Step into an elevator and it’s silence. People stand inches apart but worlds away—lost in their screens. The feeling of isolation in our cities is only growing.
We live in times where smiles are rare, masks are common, and social platforms give us the perfect stage to appear flawless. With AI entering the picture, this illusion may only multiply—because technology amplifies what we feed it.

💭 So I wonder—
Is AI just another machine for money makers?
Or can it help us rediscover what matters: genuine bonds, honest conversations, and the beauty of being human?
Maybe the real choice isn’t in technology. Maybe it’s in us.