Technology Has Really Changed The Narrative Of Our Times…

The narrative these days is such that even yummy grand-mommies have the latest smart phone and their apps downloaded in them.

- Rinky Marwaha

Also, they are the trendiest ones when it comes to knowing what the latest Nintendo Wii game is or about the Blue Whale challenge or even the Pokemon challenges which are hip and happening these days. But, as end result, what is gained by being this tech-savvy? It is all well to be connected with everyone sitting from Ludhiana to Louisiana these days, but do we even know what is happening with the four walls of our very own homes? This is the chief question plaguing us now – is modern technology killing relationships?

I feel more connected with the starving children of Syria than even my own!...........

It is not an uncommon sight to find four members of a family sitting together in one room. What is not even more uncommon is to find each one with a tablet or a really swag cell phone in hands furiously pressing keys on the screen surface. Such is this hold, this power, which technology has over us that we do not bond with those who really matter – our kith and kin – our very own folks – but we are more worried about the starving children in Syria or the under-privileged masses of Uganda.

At the end of the day, one should spend time worrying and doing things in those aspects of life where one can make a difference. No doubt, our heartfelt sympathies are with those who are being sidelined and not treated at par with others – however we should sit up and act where we can make a difference. Our emotions are not going to help people sitting hundreds of kilometers away – but little acts of goodness will certainly turn the tide in favor of those who are closer home.