Lack of Conversations!
Recently I had a conversation with my husband about how we don't have time to talk or have meaningful conversations as we are so caught up with our day to day routines. His reply was, 'What are you talking about?' We have conversations all the time. I have still not been able to convince him otherwise.
Have we forgotten what it is to have conversations in an age where our virtual persona is more prevalent than our innate personality? 2 greetings with a couple of updates about what you had for lunch and dinner have become conversations. Have updates become conversations?
I remember having long heartfelt conversations with my best friends in school when we used to meet up after school and chat for hours with aunties giving us hot tiffin. We used to talk about everything under the sun and those random conversations made sense to us, gave us a sense of belonging and beat loneliness. There have been many Sundays' when we have spoken the whole day nonstop without realizing the time. Today, the primary conversation I have with them is over whatsapp. When I was in college my family named the time I came back from college as 'Story Time' where I used talk about everything which happened that day. My mother, sisters and my cook used to eagerly wait for me to narrate the interesting happenings on a daily basis and I loved the attention. It used to go on for hours. Today I just whatsapp them that I am home or that I have eaten my dinner on time.
Conversations have been deprived so much that even birthday wishes are sent over whatsapp - as a part of a group.
Although social media and chat boxes such has whatsapp have enabled us to be more connected, in reality has it taken us father away from an individual? In an age where I can instantly connect with anybody in any time zone over my handheld or wearable, I seem to have become more disconnected with the people in my life and I fail to understand the irony of the situation.
Recently I had a conversation with my husband about how we don't have time to talk or have meaningful conversations as we are so caught up with our day to day routines. His reply was, 'What are you talking about?' We have conversations all the time. I have still not been able to convince him otherwise.
Have we forgotten what it is to have conversations in an age where our virtual persona is more prevalent than our innate personality? 2 greetings with a couple of updates about what you had for lunch and dinner have become conversations. Have updates become conversations?
I remember having long heartfelt conversations with my best friends in school when we used to meet up after school and chat for hours with aunties giving us hot tiffin. We used to talk about everything under the sun and those random conversations made sense to us, gave us a sense of belonging and beat loneliness. There have been many Sundays' when we have spoken the whole day nonstop without realizing the time. Today, the primary conversation I have with them is over whatsapp. When I was in college my family named the time I came back from college as 'Story Time' where I used talk about everything which happened that day. My mother, sisters and my cook used to eagerly wait for me to narrate the interesting happenings on a daily basis and I loved the attention. It used to go on for hours. Today I just whatsapp them that I am home or that I have eaten my dinner on time.
Conversations have been deprived so much that even birthday wishes are sent over whatsapp - as a part of a group.
Although social media and chat boxes such has whatsapp have enabled us to be more connected, in reality has it taken us father away from an individual? In an age where I can instantly connect with anybody in any time zone over my handheld or wearable, I seem to have become more disconnected with the people in my life and I fail to understand the irony of the situation.
