The Need To Revisit Guru Nanak’s Philosophy Opening Line of Charles Dicken’s 1859 Novel A Tale of Two Cities, “It Was The Best of Times. We are living in times when technology is changing our lives—t—the speed of thought. But we are also living in times when cherished values like equality, justice, brotherhood, love, compassion and peace seem to be evaporating from our society. Reasons may be many but the solution to the problem is only one; we should revive the ancient tradition of practising mutual respect and fraternal dialogue in society.