My Writing

Our lives are becoming more and more hassled by the day. I remember a time when a phone was just a device used for calling, messaging and of course playing the classic game ‘Snake’.  That was all a phone did. Nothing else. But then came a revolution in the phone manufacturing industry – the smartphone. This smartphone changed our lives. The phone that played a minor role in our lives has now become the most vital part of our lives. But how did this happen? How did such a small device become the center of our universe? Initially, when the mobile phone was launched it was a really big heavy phone which looked more like a wireless telephone. It barely had a screen and took about 10 hours to charge. This was what the phone was like. Only a few people could afford it and it was a huge status symbol of the time. In the 35 year journey of the phone, it has evolved like a living organism. From a high maintenance, bulky and limited functional device to a device which has enormous...

It is a question that does not cross our mind very often. Apps on our phones are very useful in our day to day lives. Everything that we require is just a tap away. Our entire life revolves around these applications. From groceries to cabs to food to anything that you need to buy, it’s all just a touch away. They say, the only thing that is constant is change. Since the last couple of years there has been an exponential increase in the number of vehicles in my city. I don’t know the exact reason for this sudden boom in traffic which can be anything ranging from getting rid of black money by investing in cars or boom in business due to the economic growth of the country, to buying cars to earn money from applications introduced on our phones like Ola, Uber etc.  In the olden times, the pre – cabs that you can call using your phone times, – people used to use more of public transport and the only cabs that were available were the regular ones where people had to get out of th...