NOSTALGIA:
I remember the time when mom used to recite fairy tales
before I got down to sleep. She never did so on her own but it was me who compelled
her to recite some stories and poems because sleeping early was always a
tougher task, right from my early childhood days. But as wise men say,
everything changes with the passage of time, so have the old fairy tales of 18th
19th century. They now have paved way for the endless chats that
people of my generation enjoy, with friends and acquaintances. Mid-night
gossips about marks, crushes, girlfriends, enemies, ambitions, movies
adventures etc. have completely occupied a period of day, which I found so very
useful before I entered the league. Before my introduction with the internet,
it was quite often that I laid down on my bed but couldn’t manage to sleep. The
room went dark with the lights-off and the whole atmosphere was quiet as a
church. That was a moment when one could hear the sounds of silence. More
importantly, that was the period of a day when I could contemplate about every
single experience that I had during my day. That was the time period of day
when I could prepare myself better for tomorrow. That was the moment when I
could cherish the beautiful moments of my life and feel the bliss of instances
when I was on cloud nine. That was the time of day where I could judge the
legitimacy of my actions and speeches. It was that short period of my life that
made me a neutral, rational being, far from depravity and squalidness. But Alas! Today I miss that short span of my
life. With the coming up of social networking sites into picture, I have left
those quality moments that I spent with myself, far behind. Albert Einstein
once said “ I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction.
The world will have a generation of idiots.” There can be no denial to the fact
that the very day has arrived. Face Book, Twitter, Yahoo messenger, and endless
number of social networking sites that have crept into our lives, for the sake
of improving our social lives, on the
contrary, they have rendered us weak and helpless. Samsung and Apple may well
be in competition to provide its users with best applications possible, closer
to reality than ever but in this rat-race, people are slowly forgetting the art
of discerning themselves from the society they live in.
