CTYA’s Blog has started a new feature every Thursday called ‘Thoondal’, meaning inspiration, stimulation, or inducement. Through these weekly features, the author hopes to inspire you, stimulate your senses and induce you to think deeply about the topics she addresses and finally, to use those thoughts to inspire many more wonderful youth like you.
Written By: Shayanika Suresh
Have you been neglecting your desktop computer or laptop lately? Or have you abandoned it completely? Are you now browsing the internet, checking your social networks, and playing games, all on your smartphone? Yes? Then, I believe we are on the same page.
The way technology has evaded our universe and the rate at which it has done so is simply incredible. The existence of our modern society is now entirely or at least for the most part, dependent on technology. In the morning, we wake up to the alarm set on our phones. Some of us use electric toothbrushes, trimmers, hair dryers, and straighteners. We boil water in electric kettles and warm our food in microwaves. We vacuum our rooms, we mow our lawns, and we plug in the snowblowers to clean our driveways in the winter. That’s sociological advancement, no doubt, but as a result, are we failing to maintain interpersonal relationships with others ‘in person’? Or at least, spending less time doing that than messaging friends on facebook, and emailing our professors?
I believe this personal connection is essential to our society, as it allows us to judge character, to distinguish honesty from treachery, and to express our emotions to an extent that no emoticon could ever completely fulfil. The question then is, how do we balance these two exciting worlds? What do we do to ensure that we remain personally connected to the people in our networks despite our super cool gadgets?
About the Author:
Shayanika Suresh is a Law Graduate currently working on establishing her legal career. She is also a passionate writer and has self-published a collection of short stories, “Lips no longer sealed”. Shayanika’s passion to raise awareness of various social issues that affect individuals and society as a whole is evident in her work, leaving a message for the reader to take home.
Check out other work by Shayanika!
Thoonal: Banning Kids in Restaurants
Tags: Speak Out
