ROTI, KAPDA, MAKAAN aur MOBILE

"Why the hell do you have the mobile if you dont carry it around?"
This is the most common lament people face from their friends when they dont pickup the cell phone. Cell phone dependency has been raised to such levels these days that we wonder whether there was a time when even having a Land line connection was considered a matter of pride. As someone put it "ROTI KAPDA aur MAKAAN" are no longer the only basic needs of a common man. ROTI KAPDA MAKAAN aur MOBILE is the new punch line and its surprising to see how we are dependent on the cell phones to such an extent .
Cell phones do provide a instant connectivity to the masses but that aside they have creeped into the individual's life and there is no escaping the other side effects these small devices come with. There was a time when all the members of the family shared a common number and still had a happy life. There was a time when attending a call on the phone gave so much joy. With the introduction of cell phones people seemed to have lost interest in admiring the beauty of the device which enables us to speak to another person who is physically not present at that spot.
Personal life which was well defined has lost the significance and cell phones are the basic cause for this change. Now the boss can instantly contact his sub-ordinate to discuss important and not so important issues. This way personal life has been intruded and disucussions which happened to be confined to the meeting room have now made a entry to the bedroom. Now a person can be contacted on the fly and mobile phone numbers are becoming a part of the identity of the person.
With price ranges which are affordable to the common man to high end mobile phones they have overtaken possessions like a car, bike as new status symbols. The more expensive the mobile the more it defines your personality. Internet which was a phenomenal change of the century has been brought to the cell phone thus increasing connectivity.
The impact is such that even small kids have developed the craving for these small devices and thus eliminating the idea that these are for the adults. This itself has given way to another problem of ensuring proper usage of these multifunctional devices especially with kids. The craving to get a new cricket bat, a new carrom board or even a new bicycle has been over shodowed by the excessive need to possess the latest mobile phone in the market.
Thus it is left to the individual to decide how to get the maximum use of these friendly yet so dangerous devices. One has to consider the fact that they are made to make ones life easy and not complicate them. Well the mantra will still remain the same "ROTI, KAPDA, MAKAAN aur MOBILE"!!!!