if you move carefully
through the forest,
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories,
Move to Android
Little did I know when I saw it’s launch on TV in my office canteen, that this device was going to change the world. My jaw dropped, as Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone. It was a marvel. I’ll get it one day, I thought. It took another 4 years to get one. But, it was love at first sight and the affair continued for the next 9 years. I was an Apple loyalist.
In these 9 years, I upgraded my phone thrice. From 4 I went to 5, then to 6 Plus and then to 8. Over these transitions, one other aspect also changed – the price of the phone. From 32K to 45K to 61K to 78K. And, if today you want to get the latest and greatest iPhone, it’ll set you back by 1.4 Lakhs in India.
I could no more afford nor justify the cost of a new iPhone. So, I decided to move away from Apple.
A Nook of your Own
What is a home? What does it mean to you beyond walls, rooms and roof? To me, its a refuge, a shelter. I think we all look for what we do not have.
Most of my childhood was spent in cramped spaces. I remember staring at awe, when we moved into an entire colony of apartments. It was the first time I saw an apartment. I imagined they would be huge places to live. Ours was a small place. Smaller still, it was, for a family of four. But, it was what we could make do with. I remember stepping into the balcony only to find that it provided more view of the neighbor’s bedroom than the blue sky outside.
Why advising is not easy
Before the internet, information was hard to come by. You needed to know the right person, be at the right place, read the right book/paper. There was no ‘search and find’. Once something was missed, it was likely to stay missed. So, people ‘knew’ less unless they made that effort to be on top of things. But, after internet permeating all walks of life, we are now inundated with information. Many a times, information overload is the problem and not its lack. But, even when so much information is available at our finger tips, some people are astonishingly ill-informed. I wonder why? It could be because they do not give ‘knowledge’ the same importance as someone whose life was affected because of his ignorance. This leads me to a topic that I wanted to cover today – why don’t some people listen to good advice? why don’t they go out looking for it?
Thoughts on a Pandemic
– All it took for the world economies to collapse was for the world to stand still for 2 weeks. Begging the question – how sustainable is this model?
– We all now know the difference between ‘essential’ goods and ‘non-essential’ goods
– We all know who step forward or don’t step back (or have no option but to) when a crisis hits – doctors, nurses, police, government administrators, municipality workers, delivery professionals, etc. These are the folks we’ve turn to in this hour of need. Have we valued them enough all this while? If not, what moral right to have to depend on them?