Technological highs!!
The weird, wired webs…
Ah…really!! What a fantastic feeling it is to keep the constants as constant and to see the variable change and that too for good.
Some 10+ years ago, as i sat in a particular corner of my home, in front of my desktop, in a desperate need to receive notes via email or through the drive. Time and again, i was left bewildered with the possibilities that circumstances threw at me. Unfathomable, extremely cruel, bereffting and now, essentially laughable looking back.
Internet was still emerging and we were amongst the first few to have an internet connection in our locality. Enrolled in a programme, creative of sorts, my requirements were critically different (given the immensity of its expanse) from what parents were slightly equipped to entertain. Back then, there was a lot of struggle even to figure out the basics. And as is always the case, any given task got magically turned into a joint venture within the realms of it being, even when, largely lonely.
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Thinking of which, how much so ever, i try to forget, i just cannot forgo the presence of two technicians who were always and forever in great demand. To my utter surprise, whenever i had needed their help, which was often, they were found to be always in reach. They could be located easily, in person, without the need of any mobile numbers, complaint bookings etc. they were always around, eager to help and always on the go from here to there.
The matters of the internet, then , was not just about what was new on the web but it largely, for me, were the weird wired webs. Ah…i can still feel the strangeness of how when something important was to be sent/received, irrespective of anything and everything, the life was sensed to be missing from the box that housed magic within it….the modem.
On enquiry, we were innumerably informed that the wire is broken or is displaced. It displeased me a lot. It also instilled a lot of fear in me and it strengthened within me, an undeniable faith in God. I began to see it as a game plan and learnt to leave things to chance. But that did not guarantee me not worrying or building storeys of stories around one single matter.
But then today,
Sitting in the same very corner at home, i am feeling a sense of a huge shift that has taken place both within and around. Through the plethora of experiences, i have learnt that the web of wires and them being not functional at all times is not confined to only technology. I have also realised that the evolution in the realm of digital devices and services has gone up, way high!! Every sphere of life which matters for the comfortable human sustenance has been given a well rounded, thought through, means to an end. It is making existence more exciting and comfort more comforting. Who would have thought that a time would come when what was, only sometime done and often not done, in time, because of the early arrival of lunch time hours, would essentially be won with just a few links and a couple of OTPs and in the same breath, simply seamlessly, the physical proof could be reached to your doorsteps ensuring it was not day-dreaming, leaving you to smile wider with your eyes still open wide a sing song undertone Blinkit, Blinkit, Blinkit…Print.
The new service, added months back on this very useful app named Blinkit by Zomato India has certainly elevated the quality of the time spent at home along with the ever evolving yet constant and present…internet connection. And i certainly feel very grateful and happy :)
