Oh! For a Tech-free world ... ... ...

Oh! For a Tech-free World ... ... ... ...

Coming from me, this article by Jay Dubashi must sound even more funny:

• http://www.valueresearchonline.com/story/storyview.asp?str=11133

However, I often wonder why we can't live again in a world without:

• Mobile phones
• Emails
• Instant Messengers
• Blogs
• Second Life Avatars
• Faxes
• Aeroplanes
• Cars, bikes, scooters
• Submarines
• Computers
• Ipods

Come to think of it, not having the above will certainly make life much more relaxed.

While some of us will consider such a life dull and unexciting, such a life may bring back lots of "small things" that we've been living without for years (with a guilty feeling right through, in many cases):

• A walk in the park with one's spouse - chatting with her (and not through mobiles and laptops)
• A morning on the terrace, watching the sun rise
• A trip (by the so-called tortuous bus / train) to a distant village and a nearby forest / hill / river
• Listening to the chirping of birds
• Just sitting by the banks of a small pond and throwing small stones into the pond
• Chasing a butterfly
• Trying to pluck that flower that is just out of reach
• Writing a post card to a dear old friend (if we can figure out her / his postal address)
• Sitting under the banyan tree (if we can recall what one looks like) and gossiping with friends
• Leaning on a pillar (if we can still locate one) and reading a novel
• Sleeping till 10 am, staying awake till 3 am - preferably both on the same day

While not all of the above are within the realms of possibility, one must certainly try to think of such a life at a point of time not too far off in the future.

Regards,

N

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