How connected are we?

             Social life in India is gradually decreasing upto some extent. It is not the same as it used to be earlier. When was the last time you visited your cousin? When was the last time you had a family get-together? These were some things which used to happen quite often earlier but now a days not many people find time for such occasions. Everyone is running out of time and no one is able to give out time for socialising the way they used to do previously. Today, socialising means internet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.).

So, where exactly are we heading towards? 

Maximum youth today if asked about how they are in touch with their friends or relatives, most of them will have social networking site as an answer. No doubt social networking site is a boom in today’s world but we as humans have started living in a virtual surrounding. In today’s time meeting friends means meeting them online, though this might not be applicable to all. This is somehow ruining our culture of socialising. There were days when our parents or we ourselves used to meet up our close ones face to face very often, may it be for a chat or some work.

The virtual world has taken a toll upon us. There is no single place in the city where we cannot find internet services. Today, instead of making a call we prefer dropping an e-mail, instead of meeting up we prefer chatting online.

So, how exactly is this affecting us?

          Our communication skills are going low in some or the other way. We find it difficult or rather uncomfortable to interact face to face. We are unable to express our thoughts the way we used to do it before. Every youth today spends maximum amount of time sending messages through their cell phones. What we need to do is figure out how to bring back our typical socialising ways. Youths need to understand that chatting and e-mailing stands nowhere in front of physical face to face meetings.

Message ::

Start socialising- not the virtual way but the real way!

Studying abroad

These days it is quite normal and highly sophisticated to go abroad, especially among we Indians. Every second person you meet has either a relative studying or working abroad. Ever thought why? Well, its difficult to figure that out. It is a normal belief that if you’ve been abroad for any reason it adds to your status. May it be for a job, education or vacation. We are often found discussing about how poor or backward India is upto some extent. And usually youths are found debating on how India is lagging behind as compared to the developed countries. Have you ever wondered why is India still called a developing country?

Well, one of the main reasons could be youths going abroad for education or jobs and never coming back to India for serving with their services. Many doctors, engineers and other top professionals abroad are mostly Indians. They are serving other countries with their talents and helping in that particular countries development. So how possibly can we expect India to reach heights soon? This can happen only if youths after getting trained or gaining knowledge from abroad come back to India and serve. It is still a major question why Indian youths prefer to go abroad to study even after having top education facilities available here itself.

Though it is true that in India employment is a worry even for highly educated personals but then this should not be regarded as an excuse to stay away from India. If you are educated enough you surely would have the capability to start your own business and ultimately create employment for a mass of people. This will lead not only to more employment but also less poverty and it will head us towards development.

The sad part is that once you step out of your house you find ample amount of hoardings, advertisements, banners all over the place publicising your career aspects abroad. Maximum youths get excited by these ads hammering their brains wherever they go and thus creating a positive impression of the same in the back of their minds. People these days who would’ve never even thought of going abroad start dreaming about the same after this constant viewings of ads.

So the question is, is it right on the part of our youths to choose to go abroad with a mindset of settling down there and never coming back to serve the country?

Is it right to hammer youth minds with such ads ?

Think about it !