Last week, while I was on a twelve hour journey on train,
I came across this gentleman who sat comfortably with his eyes glued to his
laptop. He was engrossed on social networking sites, selecting the ‘like’ or ‘dislike’
button with each post. No matter what the post says he kept his opinion limited
to hitting of like or dislike button.
After having scanned all the posts he shut off his
laptop and entered into a conversation on his smart phone with someone. After his
elaborate conversation which lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, he
pulled out his tablet and started playing his favourite game. As if all these
had tired him, he put off all his gadgets and went to sleep. With his eyes wide
open and mind wandering he was unable to fall asleep, and then came the gadget
from the side chain of his travel bag: an ebook reader, to soothe his mind with
the words, which only he can make out its effectiveness in making him fall
asleep.
All this sight was enough for me to think about our growing
nature to want to remain ever busy. Has it become so difficult to let go of a
moment for sometime, or keep ourselves detached from everything?
