Remember the time when Nokia cells used to switch on from a video showing two hands shaking with each other followed by a message 'Connecting People'. Soon, we will not be able to those hand (no, the company is not shutting down) but 'coz those hands will be busy in WhatsApping each other, and, yes, they have not seen each other's face yet.
Yes, we now live in this peculiar world. The cell phones (a.k.a. Smart Phone) has not just become a necessity but a norm in this contemporary world. Look around and the scene is same. People with their heads down 'coz of their cell phones.The modernization of using cell phones is now in every adolescent. We now have adolescents who don't buy crayons and instead they use their iPads to paint. A grandson now teaches his grandfather how to operate a cell phone returning him as a favour when his grandfather taught him to walk. For teenagers, it has now become a routine in life to check their cell phones every instant. Just think, last year 'selfie' was declared as the 'word of the year'. Isn't irony that cell phones were created to connect with people around each other. But now we have become so 'selfie-ish' that we don't need anyone, anymore. But the problem has deeper roots in the nerves of youth. They now consider the data spread the internet as their knowledge and rely on it completely. Dare I say, the more worrying thing is that they now have lost the art of conversation. Just think about this. When was the last time you have been on outing and you have the courage to switch off your cell. Or when was the last time you had begun (or intermediate) any conversation without talking about Facebook or WhatsApp. Hard to remember, right? I would not be wrong if I say that the cell phones have now become the fourth ingredient in 'Food, Cloth and House', and in many cases, it is the third ingredient.
Of Course, the cell phones are the new symbols of being a rich. I don't mind anyone using iphones, or any expensive android phones. Its just that I want everyone to be extra cautious while using it. Life is harder to imagine a day without it, but why not try minimize (or start depending less on) it. After all, every journey begins with a step only.
Yes, we now live in this peculiar world. The cell phones (a.k.a. Smart Phone) has not just become a necessity but a norm in this contemporary world. Look around and the scene is same. People with their heads down 'coz of their cell phones.The modernization of using cell phones is now in every adolescent. We now have adolescents who don't buy crayons and instead they use their iPads to paint. A grandson now teaches his grandfather how to operate a cell phone returning him as a favour when his grandfather taught him to walk. For teenagers, it has now become a routine in life to check their cell phones every instant. Just think, last year 'selfie' was declared as the 'word of the year'. Isn't irony that cell phones were created to connect with people around each other. But now we have become so 'selfie-ish' that we don't need anyone, anymore. But the problem has deeper roots in the nerves of youth. They now consider the data spread the internet as their knowledge and rely on it completely. Dare I say, the more worrying thing is that they now have lost the art of conversation. Just think about this. When was the last time you have been on outing and you have the courage to switch off your cell. Or when was the last time you had begun (or intermediate) any conversation without talking about Facebook or WhatsApp. Hard to remember, right? I would not be wrong if I say that the cell phones have now become the fourth ingredient in 'Food, Cloth and House', and in many cases, it is the third ingredient.
Of Course, the cell phones are the new symbols of being a rich. I don't mind anyone using iphones, or any expensive android phones. Its just that I want everyone to be extra cautious while using it. Life is harder to imagine a day without it, but why not try minimize (or start depending less on) it. After all, every journey begins with a step only.
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