I wanted to write something about this since long but never got some incident to get started with. This happen last weekend. On Friday i have talked with Mom and then something wrong happen with her phone. I have tried calling her in morning and found it was switched off. It's habit of my mom that she only keep cell phone in charging in every morning. So i have waited till night and called again and i was not able to connect. I have called my Di who is staying in same city and asked her to see if she can call any of the neighbor and ask her to turn on her cell phone.
Unfortunately she was not able to do it. I almost had sleepless night and tried again in next morning and when it was not turn on yet i was panicked and called my aunt living few km way from my home. She was scared too and ran back to my home and then all scenario unfolded and we had good amount of laugh.
But all happen due to something wrong with technology , i had sleepless night , made few relatives to visit my home and panicked Di too. So after all this only one thought was hanging on my mind....
Technology - Bless or Curse
Time flies. Another year is about to get over. 90's got over some 14 years ago, and that itself sounds scary. These days kids learn to operate mobiles and i pads even before they learn to say their name. I was brought up in a small town where cordless phone was also considered a fancy technology in those days. We had to go to big cities like Bombay to get certain toys, or fancy branded clothes and stationery. Now you just have to order it online and it gets delivered at your doorstep. I don't even think office people use stationery much anymore.
There was this land line era that amazed you. How easy it was to connect with people staying miles apart. Or talking to someone staying next door without meeting or shouting at the top of your voice. Or giving blank calls when his father picks up the call, making a girl call you as boys' calls are not allowed at your place. One ring means come down to play - I have been through everything. After growing up, I asked my parents if they didn't trust me as a child, they said that they did trust me, but they were just protective about me. Eventually they allowed everything they had put restrictions on back then. So yes, it was not about trust after all.
Times have indeed changed. People are becoming more and more independent by being dependent on the technology. There is solution available on internet for every damn thing. Relationships are becoming more and more fragile. Distance keeps increasing between people. We take along portable gadgets to remain in touch with people instead of taking the pain of taking out time to meet them. Sms, phone calls, voice notes, blocking them, flirting with five people at a time, everything is connected with some social life of that person, it's a trend to be there on at least three different social networking sites, or messengers. You are easily reachable, but never available.
After Facebook, how many people have you called and wished on their birthday? Instead of keeping in touch with them regularly, we use this to avoid them as much as possible. We stalk them just so that we remain secure about their commitment towards us. We want to foresee the heartbreak. We fight if one boy likes her every second post. I think I should deactivate all my social networking site accounts too the day I decide to settle down. I am that scared.
Girls get into depression if they don't get many likes on their pictures. Yes, I recently read about this. It was so called Facebook addiction. And whats app addiction. "Last seen at" killed many relationships. We stopped using technology for good. We started abusing it. And misusing it.
I don't know where did this post start from and where is it ending. I am writing after a long time. As i already told... I have been trying to write something for quite some time, but couldn't come up with anything worth reading. I discarded at least five drafts before starting this one. I feel sad. I miss the old time. But I am happy too. I can avoid people easily. But do I really want this? Am I really out of place in this fast moving world? Changing oneself with time is a good thing, but what if it involves killing your true self completely? Am I ready for such a change? Is it worth doing so?
Life - And many unanswered questions. And many unchallenged answers.
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