I miss landline phones :(

Mobile phones, orkut, facebook, twitter, and now buzz… what happened to times when there used to be one landline at home kept on that side table in the drawing room beside the tv, and the phone would inevitably ring when the entire family would be huddled up watching that favorite tv show - swabhimaan/ hum log/ chitrahaar?

You know, times have changed, we have progressed, not only technologically, but also socially (progress or digress, I do not know which word to use L)…. My point being that technology is making us lose the importance of things – relationships, values…

Ye kahaaaaaan aa gaye hum, yun hi saath saath chalte:

1.      Kal:

Let’s say you meet some friends, in turn you meet their friends, you make more friends.. and your friendship circle’s radius gets bigger and bigger… you all meet up for luncheons/ dinners/over a cup of coffee or simply for a game of badminton… fun, right? FUN!

Aaj:

You wanna catch up with friends, you leave a scrap on orkut, a comment on facebook, tweet about what the tutlela nakh of your little finger of your right hand is doing this very moment.

2.      Kal

You wanna meet up with your friends, you would call at their place (or even better, just drop by unannounced) and fix up a time and place and just meet – plain and simple? Ji haan!

Aaj:

First, you would drop an email to all people concerned, then wait for their replies, then exchange 100 msgs about the time and place (jo last moment tak fix nahi hota), then one person comes up with the plan, it is circulated among all friends, then everyone leaves for the destination, again 100’s of msgs are exchanged – “I m stuck in traffic”, “I reached”, “where r u?!”, “will reach in 15mins” so on and so forth……… and finally you meet! Phew! Plain and simple? Nahi na!

3.      Kal:

Guy sees girl, guy likes girl, guy is shy, guy tries to find out more about the girl through friends, guy smiles at girl, girl smiles back, guy gets the girl’s number, guy is afraid to call her, but since he likes her soooooo much, he finally gets the courage to call her (sometimes at gun point from well- wishing friends :D), guy has started loving the girl, he has GOT TO talk to her… FINALLY he calls, phone rings, girl's dad picks up, here’s the conversation:

Uncleji: Hello

Guy: Namaste uncle

Uncleji: Namaste beta, kaun bol raha hai?

G: U-u-uncle, main Raj bol raha hun. Uncle, kya main Simran se baat kar sakta hun?

U:  Haan beta, abhi bulata hoon…ek minute hold karna.. Simraaaaaaaaaaan….

See? Talking to girl’s father - now that is the ultimate litmus test for a guy’s love for a girl!

Unfortunately, Aaj:

Guy sees girl, guy likes girl, guy is not so shy, guy adds girl on FB, writes on her wall, adds girl on gtalk, guy n girl nicely chat, guy can make up all romantic dialogues with some help from Mr. Google, guy asks girl’s number, guy and girl sms, once the girl is all comfortable with the guy, guy asks girl out, girl agrees, guy and girl meet……… you have no idea whether guy really likes girl or he is just ‘time-passing’ with the girl…….. Tch tch tch……. TCHHHHHHHH!

Samjhe?? That is why I say “dislike”, “dislike”, “dislike” social networking sites….

Virtual social networking  - thumbs down!

Physical meet – thumbs up! (zyada mat socho, mez talking about handshake :P)

Ab aapne meri theory to padh li (yahan tak padhne ke liye congrats!), ab corollary suno:

Corollary #1: If a guy likes me, FB is not the way to break the ice :P

Corollary #2: All my school friends who don’t hestitate in calling up directly ghar pe and saying namaste aunty, namaste uncle – thumbs up!

Corollary #3:  Mes Amis - Thumbs up for calling up mom and saying “Aunty, Namita phone kyun nahi utha rahi!” :D

Corollary #4: Dil Chahta Hai & Lakshya – thumbs up for showing friends who directly call up ghar pe!

Waise to mere corollaries ki list khatam ho gayi, but 4 is not my lucky number, so here are 2 more:

Corollary #5: Stop asking each other “how r u dude” on FB and go play badminton (jisko tennis khelna ho woh tennis bhi khel sakta hai… meri height thodi kam hai for tennis isliye badminton –  waise coaches ne bahut try kiya tennis sikhane ka, but some things are out of control !!)

Corollary #6: I am out of corollaries, khud kuch add karlo yaar…:D