My Opinion,My Voice

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 18^th 19^th 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.