The hidden stories
Friday, July 05, 2024 | 20 Views |
The crimson soles of Louboutin’s finest shoes shared the streets with the latest cool Converse sneakers, each step revealing fragments of hidden stories. Here, the city’s true essence lay in its anonymity - where billionaires and the homeless alike moved in a shared waltz, their lives intertwined yet concealed within the grand mosaic of city life. They say the daily hum of New York City reaches a stratospheric 90 decibels a perpetual scream echoing through its streets.
Is it a cry of pain from navigating the treacherous path of everyday life, or a song inviting the world to join its ceaseless dance? Perhaps the answer lies in the ears of the beholder. Traffic crept along at a snail’s pace, and we sat in our Uber, absorbing the frenetic energy of this remarkable city. Suddenly, my wife, Shabana, broke the spell with a startling revelation: “There’s Oprah Winfrey.” I whipped my head to the right, scanning the stream of pedestrians swiftly moving down the street. On a raised platform, a diminutive woman with a familiar face held a microphone, addressing an unseen audience through a waiting camera.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...