Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Staying DIS-connected.....

Weird things going on in my head as i write this. Its ironical that the very technology that I am using today to write this blog is the very focal point of this topic...

I entered the house with bruised knees and a sun tan...I was tired..my glass of rasna lemon was ready...my mom was cooking lunch and watching for me when i have my rasna and run away...its time for the second match and my team is waiting for me...my friends have come over to play cricket and I am completely over the moon!

The scene that i talked about earlier was years ago! This was when technology was not something that ruled our lives and made us tech monkeys or Robos! we had a life, we had blood n sweat (and it showed) we had energy, stamina, passion and we were a lot more than just couch potatoes!

Then came the technology advancement! people could get information at the tips of their fingers, you could see whats happening in japan sitting here in mumbai India! However, there is a bigger danger to this for all the good that it brings along!

People are now forgetting that technology is a mere resource at our disposal than a way of life! it is a mere helping hand and not really the life line!

I look at everybody and i think, wow! whats happening...BBM, Android phones with all types of messengers, Laptops, Tablets...and people are sooo connected...but do we realize..within all this staying connected hoodoo...we are actually way too disconnected...

when was the last time we saw our child hood best friend? When was the last time you went out to play a game of football rather than play Fifa...when was the last time you actually caught up with friends and talked about good ol days or took a dig at each other! luckily for me, I do it often! However, as I look at the generations to come (I feel fucking old when i say this) and the next crop of youngsters...I only see tech junkies in them...where are the real human beings..

why do kids not go out n play? why do they not meet friends? why do they not invite their mates over for a fuckin lunch party...instead evening meeting sessions are replaced by FB chats, twitter tweets BBM's etc...lunch parties by video gaming sessions, ps3, xbox sessions etc...

with all the technology, we seem to be losing more and more of US...what started of as a means to give us the convenience to communicate is gradually becoming the only means of communication! i know its weird and probably most of you might dispute this...but thats whats happening to the kids today and its such a shame! coz they will never know what it means to have a bruised knee, a fractured arm, a sweaty shirt, a smelly sock!