I am returning to my blog account after a long period of time. Guess
what? My purpose was to delete the account!. What’s the point in having the blog
account and not posting anything? Not that you are short of time or thoughts to
write, but it doesn’t happen!! So I have decided to write at least once a week
and hope to continue with it.
I have read a lot about Japan in books. Haruki Murakami is one of
my favorite and I enjoyed reading ‘Norwegian Woods’. I recently visited Tokyo for
business and spent more than weeks’ time. Sad to say, the Tokyo described in
the novel of 1960s by Murakami, through
the eyes of Toru and Midori, does not exist today. You feel as if the
city has changed the complete backdrop. No time to love for busy people, you don’t
see a family and family with kids. Japanese probably have the weakest bond between
father and son or daughter. I was told by my friend that he hasn’t spoken to
his dad for last 10 years. And he had no answers to some of my questions except
‘that’s the way it is in japan’
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