The one major problem that I have personally come across with my generation is that no one wants to get personal with anyone, anymore. It’s all about superficiality. The ‘hi’s and ‘hello’s that we so enthusiastically share with one another when we meet at coffee shops or clubs have stopped being precursors of long and heartfelt discussion and tend to be faker than plastic flowers. The consequence of this shallow approach to life is that people are feeling lonelier than ever before. The whole concept of ‘community’ has gone to trash and even though we live in one, the feeling of belongingness has ceased to exist. I, for one, have always been an introvert. I love my own company over everything else. However, I do feel the need to go out and about and interact with people from time to time. As John Donne once said, “no man is an island.” But what I found out as I started living alone in a new city is that the whole concept of social interaction has become a sham. No one cares what an ...