Ofcourse Whatsapp had to introduce something new..especially now since it belongs to face book...so bang came the new version which had notifications for messages that are read..( our famous double tick !)...this in turn opened up a pandora box of discussions on another tangent.. the ever prevalent question of privacy. From this stemmed an article I read in a daily news paper which stated that , being in love means staring into each others eyes online and that if the boy or girl ( replace with age group between 15 to 22 :-) ) knows the other has read the message and has not responded , it will trigger fights...because its seems that , the time between reading and responding is a crucial factor ( I felt for a moment we were designing a telecom product !).......
So what happened to the something called trust in love ? Will strong relationships be really rattled by these single double triple..etc ticks..? or have we reached a stage where our online Avatar has gained more prominence than our real Avatar ........................................
Honestly I am big fan of whatsapp -few years back it used to be a big drawback that there was no group reply in sms and forget sending media....( mms was of no use ) . Now with whatsapp I am so much in contact with my own localized groups...am chatting away with my school friends after twenty three odd years , always in touch with my sisters and their families scattered in different cities ...planning has become so easy...and of course the ever crisscrossing videos and jokes and good morning gifs and all the same cost which ever part of the earth you are stuck in ( and may be after many decades which ever planet you are stuck in :-) )
hey hold on..why I am listing down which every Senthil,Saravanan, Sriram, Vithya, Priya and Geetha already know ( just replacing Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane,
Judith and Jill :-) ) ....
Yes... I need to list them down even more clearly , just to show that whatsapp, facebook or what ever app you are using to connect with online is just a better means of communication..nothing more,nothing less
its not life,
its not to be an obsession,
its not your identification,
and its imperative that it does not disconnect you from the live people around you.. family friends and colleagues....
To communicate to a person who is always busy texting on the mobile and making sure your message had got across to them .. for me is becoming a herculean task, Its much easier to msg them on whats app ( you can be sure they read it !! ). Parents are finding it difficult to get through to their children ( to be read as from teen age :-) ) , Wives and husbands are finding it difficult to get through to their spouses...its a common sight these days that in dinner gatherings, each is busy on some gadget which connects you to the net......busy connecting to the world where connections in real life might be taking a toss ( not will but might ! )
Its ok...its really ok not to respond to every joke, its really ok not to respond to every group teasing , its really ok when some pictures are not shared, its really ok to get disconnected for some time.....and spend some quality time with people around you. Even Respect has been redefined ' Respect means looking at persons face when they talk to you and not at the mobile - sorry but this message too I got via whatsapp :-)
so...get disconnected at times.. to stay connected with life ..... :-)
So what happened to the something called trust in love ? Will strong relationships be really rattled by these single double triple..etc ticks..? or have we reached a stage where our online Avatar has gained more prominence than our real Avatar ........................................
Honestly I am big fan of whatsapp -few years back it used to be a big drawback that there was no group reply in sms and forget sending media....( mms was of no use ) . Now with whatsapp I am so much in contact with my own localized groups...am chatting away with my school friends after twenty three odd years , always in touch with my sisters and their families scattered in different cities ...planning has become so easy...and of course the ever crisscrossing videos and jokes and good morning gifs and all the same cost which ever part of the earth you are stuck in ( and may be after many decades which ever planet you are stuck in :-) )
hey hold on..why I am listing down which every Senthil,Saravanan, Sriram, Vithya, Priya and Geetha already know ( just replacing Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane,
Judith and Jill :-) ) ....
Yes... I need to list them down even more clearly , just to show that whatsapp, facebook or what ever app you are using to connect with online is just a better means of communication..nothing more,nothing less
its not life,
its not to be an obsession,
its not your identification,
and its imperative that it does not disconnect you from the live people around you.. family friends and colleagues....
To communicate to a person who is always busy texting on the mobile and making sure your message had got across to them .. for me is becoming a herculean task, Its much easier to msg them on whats app ( you can be sure they read it !! ). Parents are finding it difficult to get through to their children ( to be read as from teen age :-) ) , Wives and husbands are finding it difficult to get through to their spouses...its a common sight these days that in dinner gatherings, each is busy on some gadget which connects you to the net......busy connecting to the world where connections in real life might be taking a toss ( not will but might ! )
Its ok...its really ok not to respond to every joke, its really ok not to respond to every group teasing , its really ok when some pictures are not shared, its really ok to get disconnected for some time.....and spend some quality time with people around you. Even Respect has been redefined ' Respect means looking at persons face when they talk to you and not at the mobile - sorry but this message too I got via whatsapp :-)
so...get disconnected at times.. to stay connected with life ..... :-)
8 comments:
Great suji. .good work on how to stay disconnected and connected. .u r a genius. .
Super Sujatha..good thought and was running in many of our friends
Well written article and a good message to all, Suji. Keep writing :-)
Very apt message for the current trend of social networking addiction. Well articulated . After reading the first time, felt bad for the disrespect happening to the dear ones.
Thanks Sree.. ! These must be the thoughts of so many . its just that I have penned them
Hi . Thanks ! Hope to keep writing .
The disrespect is never intented - its just that focus is on the device.
Thanks Manju !
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