Dear Mr. Ramanathan, I share your agony. However do you not think that the answer to your quest lies in your question itself? - Collective and broken. While the collective mostly is past tense, the "broken" part is fast enveloping us like global warming.It is a direct result of our mental and physal pursuits and the ensuing lifestyle. - That is collective now. This will need to be addressed. I am sure that with collective efforts of fellow citizens the society will turn for the better. It needs constant nudging though. As rightly pointed out in your article the process will have commence within each of us, when we start to end the schisms within ourselves. Through each act of ours let us all endeavour for knowledge and compassion. Reading your article I get the feeling that you already have a fairly good idea of the answers to your dilemna. Is it not?