Sunday, April 26, 2009

Unsocial Socialising...




Why do we blog? We love to think, to write, to express in words or pictures our thoughts as well as aspirations. But is that all? What about the urgency we feel to make a post? or the high just after posting? There are anonymous bloggers who get a chance to say what they cannot in public, that bit I can understand, but why us? maybe the lack of funds for getting our thoughts published on paper, as a book. Perhaps the hunger for 'comments', for the number of hits, perhaps the addiction.. I cannot say it is just creativity.. somehow it rings false to me.

The internet has opened vistas of sometimes incomprehensible pleasures, the freedom to chat with long lost friends and make new ones on the way, is addictive beyond doubt. the social networking sites take gossip to extraordinary heights, information has never been so cheap neither so eager.

We learnt Pascal and C++ at school and thought nothing could be as offensive as that wierd TV like object. Kids today grow up downloading Hannah Montana songs and videos onto their orkut profiles. We preferred to run and play, or with adolesence, to walk down to the next block where our friends lived, to sit across, look in the eye and talk. Today my kids prefer to chill in an AC room with just the computer for company and probably a coke! spectacles are doing great business am sure but apart from them, who else is gaining?

10 comments:

Swati said...

Good question ... right direction !!

अनिल कान्त said...

You absolutely correct ….and it depends …yes it depends …addiction aor creativity or lack of fund ….you are correct !!
I agree with you …. A nice post

Tripti said...

Hi Sujata, first of all thanks for the kind words you drop on my blog.
Well i am just one of those people who wants to move on despite of odd.lets see where destiny head me to.
You write very well ,though i just read the last post on your blog.

Take care

Sujatha Bagal said...

Sujata, thanks for the lovely comment on my blog. And please don't get me started on the blogging addiction. Tried to stay away but didn't last long! :)

ARUNA said...

what is said is absoultely true..But is there a solution!!!

Urmi said...

You are absolutely right...I fully agree with each and every point you have mentioned...I feel every person has creativity in painting, writing, dancing, singing etc and it is only through blog we can pen down our thoughts and people can read it and we can also see other blogs and get inspired by it.
Wonderful Sujata..Keep writing.

sujata sengupta said...

Thanks one and all for stopping and going through the post. @Tripti haven't met anybody like you. Take care will visit your blog for happiness and peace everyday.@Sujatha, its good to share my name with you, will continue visiting your blog, its my learning ground!@Aruna loved your blog and recipes, but your comment setting is such that I am unable to comment on the blog, keep writing..will try thr mango mousse ASAP!

Suraj said...

I am not a blogger and never cant see myself as one but then i do love to read my perspectives & feelings put into words by people like you!

toshali said...

somehow there is no friend of mine near our block if there was i would have certinly been there for the whole day.anyways why do you actually blog? nice writing .keep it up:)

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