1. Slaves to Technology
By : Jasleen K.R.
We're a generation of idiots, smart phones and dumb
people. All those social media apps on your cell phone
with so many people on your friend's list yet how many of
them know who you really are.
We love to click endless selfies before everything we do
and then exaggerate the fun we didn't even have as we
were just a bunch of kids sitting in a group but all staring
down at their screens instead of being there in the
moment. Maybe being fake is the new cool. These so-
called-social media apps are anything but social. We open
our devices and shut our doors.
When I was a child, I never wanted to come back home in
the evening. But now, all I see is silent parks and empty
swings. The kids today have grown up seeing us engaged
in our cell phones and thinking it's the norm. They loath
the open sky and cannot imagine a world without this
amazing invention. Where even shopping can be done
online, such is the trend, gone are the days where we
enjoyed those weekend trips to the market. Why would the
kids roam around in dust when they have all those online
games under their one command. We're becoming a
generation where we seek escape from this world and yet
find solace by plugging in our earphones.

2. We're all being part of this social isolation.Let's look up
from our screens, shut those displays. Give people your
love, not your like. Let's walk barefoot in the wet morning
grass and enjoy the soul purifying warmth of the sun. Play
real games, have shopping sprees with your girl friends,
be a human again instead of walking machines. Have
some real fun which you don't need to share with your
hundred friends online but just with the people you're
present with.
I'm guilty too of being a part of this, of not being present
for all those moments, just because I was too busy
glistening up my online profile. Let's put an end to this
social isolation and talk face-to-face. Next time you find
yourself looking down on your screen, put your hands
behind your head and step away from the phone. Then
only can you breathe the fresh air and live life the real
way. Because sometimes we have to disconnect to make
a real connection.