Smart ME without a smart phone!

Today’s children are smart, practical and they can do multi tasking very well! Thanks to technology which is ready to make our work faster and easier! 

कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मिः करमध्ये सरस्वति ।

करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते करदर्शनम् ॥

This shloka is obsolete now. Our morning starts with “whatsapp darshanam”! Starting from good morning wishes, philosophical images , jokes, invitation for any occasion, birthday wishes, and what not till good night.... everything happens on whatsapp! All updates are available on facebook and or similar media. Many smileys and thumbs up for a wonderful picture or dressing style or a location. In reality when a person in front of us, hardly any appreciation happens! Take any free time activity in any family.. most of the places what do we see? Everybody glued to their smart phone!

In short, today we all are digitally connected but socially and culturally disconnected! The personal touch of human connection is missing and many things are getting mechanical. The fingers are expressing all emotions only in the form of emoticons. The five senses i.e. sight, smell, touch, taste and sound – all in one and that too only in the form of text message or symbolic representation!!! May be in few years time, these sensory organs will be extinct!

In this world of touch to touch screen, it’s going to be a scary situation of we don’t take efforts now. Take each opportunity to encourage human connections through more of interactions, dialogue and conversations instead of digital chatting. Use of our real senses will take us back to the real world of feelings in stead of virtual expressions! For this purpose we don’t have to do huge tasks but  involve ourselves into a small action that will give real pleasure and satisfaction. Some of these actions can be as simple as watering plants, helping parents, playing in the sand, keeping volumes low all the time, cooking or simply a day without gadgets!!

Isn’t it simple? Try it out and see the difference!