Changing relationships : Know your neighbour


Subject: We don’t know our neighbours anymore- Changing relationships


http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/mindspace/2019/feb/13/we-dont-know-our-neighbours-anymore-1938204.html

The problems from this kind of indifferent social relationships surfaced during the August 2018 floods in Kerala. Neighbors in some cases didn't know whether anyone was staying in the next door house!
M G Warrier

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