Give Indians something new and they will use to it to the extent of abuse. Ain't it true? Be it anything we Indians use it like its not going to be there tomorrow. And this is also the case with Social networking platforms.
We have gotten so much addicted to these social networking platforms that we have lost sense of the real world. This addiction is the root for two major problems: Insensitivity and disconnection
From dining table to movies, friends to family, we are there but we are never present because we are into our phones either updating status or uploading a pic or sending a snap.
Our lives have become so much influenced and dependent on these platforms that it has hampered us psychologically. We seek approvals for others, we feel lonely, we feel inferior, we feel paranoid, we feel constant urge to check our phones and we are never in the real world. We live in parallel worlds: Real world and Virtual world. Everything from relationships to breakups have moved online. We become friends online,we fall in love online, we breakup online.
Gone are the days when families ate together and shared their lives. Gone are the days when friends met to discuss their joys and sorrows. Gone are the days when there were true friends. Gone are the days when we were happy being ourselves. The purpose of these platforms was to bring people closer, expand the horizon of people's world, infuse confidence in people who are introvert and shy but it has done greater harms than goods. It has made people drift apart mentally and made people more prone to dangerous mental hazards.
People have drifted so much apart that we don't even call now, we whatsapp. We don't meet for coffee and talk, we poke and chat.We don't invite people over calls, we send invites on whatsapp and Facebook. All major events of our lives are now a public event. We don't hear stories of our parents or grandparents because we are busy knowing story of 100 irrelevant people on facebook. We might have 1000 friends on FB but we cry alone. We might have 400 contacts on whatsapp but we are still alone somewhere.
Its sad that we are missing on important things in our lives because we are busy updating it our a social networking platform. How insensitive we have become? People take selfies with dead bodies, people let a woman fall from train because they are busy shooting the video of her fall, people don't call an ambulance because they have to click the pictures of accident first, people have become so selfish and self-centered that they have become blind to others problems. Social networking platforms have compelled us all to put up a charade and that is giving rise to frustration and depression within us.
If properly use these platforms are boon but if they are abuse they can take you down. When was the last time you had a family dinner without mobile phones? when was the last time you sat with your grandparents and you didn't have phone in your hand? when was the last time you talked to your friend looking into his/her eyes? When was the last time you enjoyed something thoroughly without taking pictures of it? Its high time we open our eyes and come back to real world. If we become any more insensitive than i doubt we can still be called human beings because without feelings, we are no good than robots. I am not saying that stop using these platforms, but use it to an extent that you don't lose your personal life to it. Meet friends personally, talk to them, share food without having phone on your side, pursue your hobby, be crazy without having pictures of it, feel the moments rather than updating about them on your wall, live.
Regret is an anchor you cannot get rid of easily and it will keep pulling you back. Life will pass by you and you would still be updating status or chatting. Don't make your life a public event otherwise people will judge you by your cover (Read status, Dp, posts, pictures, likes and comments) and not by your content (Your true self). People will be gone, while you'll still be busy chatting on your phone. Your best friend will be a stranger, while you' ll still be counting friends on Facebook. You'll have your kids disconnected with you, while you'll be busy updating status about their achievements.
Awake, before its too late. Disconnect to connect. Save your world, save yourself, before you drift beyond help.
Leave your phone and laptops aside for few days and you'll realize that your friends and family are not bad people after all. ;-)
Watch these links and understand yourself better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ae0tzVo8Fw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsFtVOABREo
How very true!!!!!
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