I am a kind of species who encounters more number of
frustrating days than those with comfortable joy, reasons not being external
but internal. May be because on this current frame of time I did not realized
my true path which I could follow with self driven motivation. Well this
particular frustrating day on whose behalf I am hitting keys of my laptop, is
marked by a common kind of frustration, Frustration from social media, yes, you
heard it right, they do have their hand in lives of some odd species to create
frustration. Sometimes you feel that you spend too much time on them, Once I
wanted to check one mail and opened my laptop, after 2 minutes I was wondering
what the heck am I doing on my FB newsfeeds,
I was jolted and disgust on such impulsive act of mine. Blocking and
closing everything for some while I left my place to do only thing that will
restore my mind to its formal glory (in personal ways), that is Photography.
I left soon and reached Gangtok, Only place in
Gangtok where you will be reaching first if you are a traveller is ‘MG Road’,
Not to blame as it is so happening place to be at., ‘M.G Road’ is present in
many of the Indian cities owning to respect for Mr. M.K. Gandhi, whose
optimistic wisdom hardly crosses mind of anyone anymore.
While in my college days of masters I hardly use to
shoot or write, excuses could be ample. Thus as I got on field with camera in
my hand an optimistic feeling started engulfing my mind, it is a beautiful feeling,
every-time it happens it brings excitement and grace. Taking some strolls on
the well managed road exclusively for just walkers, It feels like you are
passing through an open shopping mall, Exquisite !!, it wasn’t late and I started getting glimpse
of one thing that I came here to forget
about and that is the F#@$ing world
of virtuality.
Most of the people were on their phone/tabs, and I
do not mean on call, but everything including call, their eyes were stuck at
the screen on their hands and they were walking-by everything, that holds beauty
to influence you in one or other ways.
I noticed a little girl-child giggling and running towards her mother who picked her up using her horizontal velocity and hugged her. The odour of sautéing spices and veggies indicating preparation of a succulent meal from nearby restaurant enchanted me deeply. Two lovers stood on middle of the walking path and placed a quick kiss on each other’s lips; those who were not fixed to their screens paused to see and then moved on., I then passed though the vegetable market seeing the beauty of women vendors dressed in traditional attires, it was a lovely experience, some old eyes have glimmer of wisdom and speaking fables even if you look in them for fraction of a seconds.
All such experiences were not present for those who
do not have audacity to plunge into the reality and live in it. I am not
throwing away the idea of lovely gadgets that are present all time in our
disposal to be utilized, My point is that, we should use technology to our benefit, not to get lost in that, creating a virtual world in which we are so lost that
we forget who we are, and what is our real purpose.
One man predicted the probability in future as- 'I
fear the day technology will
surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.'
Elephantine love
Akhilesh Singh
