I always heard from my parents and their generation people about their train journeys. Their narration was always so much filled with excitement. I always used to remember those memories shared by them, whenever I travel in a train, hope to experience the same too. They used to tell me about how a few complete strangers hesitantly talk which, with passing minutes gets them close enough to share the food among them. They giggle and tell how a silly small chat turns in to a huge discussion passing from one topic to another. Few share the knowledge, some get out their opinions, others vent out their anguish.
A few of these relations go on continuing after the journey too, finding new friends in each other. This was always a mystery for me --- Strangers to Acquaintances and becoming friends. But my hope of experiencing all this is shattered every time because contrary to all this journeys i heard of, now become static and dull. It is as if i am traveling with silkworms in their personal cocoons of self-isolation.
These static lifeless people come running from the work places carrying on their backs, what they so called their identity or life --- laptops. They quickly scan the complete compartment for their seat and settle down in it as soon as possible. Now, for sure, it takes at least an hour or more for them to come into this world putting away their cellphones. After this they eagerly await for the TT to warp up the ticket validation process, so that they can upgrade to the next stage which is the worst part i.e. to take out their laptops and comfy them on their laps. It looks as if they want to show off their identity as IT people.
Do they really need to? No, they don't mean to also. They take them out to watch movies till the battery lasts. As the battery goes off they slowly droop into their cocoon and drop into sleep. So now, where is the fun of talking, interacting, knowing people, making new relations and friends?
I think we lost all that in the wind of techno addicts. Hey, is this to blame the movie piracy? or people have become so satisfied with their relations that they can't take anymore? You try to talk to a person in office casually, he will not respond. But go back to your seat and ping him on chat or scarp him on orkut, you can be sure of his response.
Ho God, is this what scientists fear off, defining it to be the pathetic instance of machine control on men? if not, I can't imagine or don't want to - what worst is still to come on to the mankind?
Shall we have to wait and see for the worst or try to change this now so as to at least delay it.