Human is an animal [Oh yeah the basic instincts] and also
social one [atleast that is what is expected out of it].We all interact with
fellow buddies and spent most of our time on the interaction part. That’s how
we seldom get bored. There are so many out in the world, so many different
interests , cultures, habits ,so many things to learn from .The more the
merrier.
Remember the times when we used to meet often, spend time
talking and talking, play games, share a cup of tea. That’s how we used to
interact, not much into phones even. If someone lived far away, a sweet letter
every month used to be exchanged. Now, things have changed and we have changed
too. We just want to do everything conveniently .Between me and others there is
a wall[the barrier I meant, not the facebook or twitter wall].Important things
like which friend of yours is getting married or already got married or who is
moving away to far flung places- all we get to know from such graffiti on walls.
These are the platforms created for the convenient communication
.Let it be one of those, don’t make it the only way to communicate. Popularity
of a person or I say credibility is measured by number of friends or followers in
social networking sites. How much a person actually interact with the ‘friends’
is a mystery. The people whom you know best may not be there in your friend list
even. Does that make them less important for you? A simple No. Facebook or twitter is not the world.
There is a saying that a person cannot have more than a
certain minimal number of actual friends. But going by the statistics, it’s
hard to agree. Even when we click photos, we mostly do it with the intention of
putting it online for others to see, admire and yes ‘like’.
The need of the hour for each one of us, is to be back at
being a animal. Venture out, roam ,do real stuff ,play Pictionary while
traveling, do gardening instead of Farmville [though not advising indulging in
mafia wars or playing poker]Those would be the moments that would be flashed in
front of your eyes as you leave the world. Not the decorated perfect timeline
that you have managed.
Akanksha is now searching for photos to gel well with this
article and post it online for others to like or comment! Such is life!!
2 comments:
Yes most importantly, someone should not have to be able to work with a computer to be my friend.
Friendship can be through all sorts of communication, and its very important that we don't forget that.
I think socializing is the key here, not the medium through which we socialize. Imagine a person who is bedridden due to some injury, would you take away the pleasure of socializing or brand him asocial if he socializes only through facebook or twitter but not the conventional ways mentioned above? I believe with changing times the ways of socializing have changed and though good old days will always remain good but remember its all relative, maybe tomorrow we would end up telling our children how good facebook used to be and today people don't know how to socialize. :)
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