Alone In the Crowd

Adolf Hitler said, "If you have one friend then you are lucky. If you have two then you are very lucky and no person can have three friends." But this was the time before the rise of Social Networking sites. These resulted in an immense increase in our friend list. Most youngsters feel high in account of their friend list. Some think having 500 to 1000 friends is a big achievement whereas people having less feel dejected. But the ludicrous fact is that they all  know that most of them are their Virtual friends. Such friends will not be available in need. In reality they take our real friends away from us. 

                                            We have a tradition of having evening halts after schools in the form of playing, gossips, sitting on the roof (in short 'matargashti'). Those unions were like unofficial teachers which taught us to develop our debate skills, solve problems of friends. But now every meeting is online which holds us back from getting many learnings.

                                   Most of the Internet worms don't know the name of their neighbour of same age. But they get to know about it only when they are in need. Inspite of that they remain believing in Virtual world. They don't even think about that they should have a friend with whom they can walk, talk and play. Don't you think that the sound of your friend calling your name is a lot louder than the beep sound of your Facebook chat.

              The glamour of the virtual world refrains us from the real world making us unconcerned to the social responsibilities. There was a time when children used to spend a lot of time outside the house playing, walking and making houses of bricks. Parents used to say, "Beta, kabhi ghar me bhi tik jaya karo", because the outside world was more attractive to children. But now, parents say, "kabhi to ghar se bahar nikla karo", but the outside world doesn't suit them any more. If they go outside then there may be earphones in their ears or they may be busy in sending SMS which cuts their contact with the real world and hence makes them self-centered.

    

 Its not  crime to become a part of the virtual world but we should not make it dominate on our real world. Make friends in real life too, starting with the neighbours. Develop the contacts with people of same age group. Spend at least a day in a week wiith your friends, away from chatting, SMS and laptops. Look at the world and its beauty and enjoy the company of real friends. You are the Hero of your life, live your life to the fullest.