2008!

A year where I connected

With the world, like never before

Found long lost friends

And sometimes even love

It was magical

When people liked and commented

On my Facebook posts

Or when they generously retweeted

My 140-characters the most

 

It filled me with pleasure to

Know the country my friend was visiting

Or to watch my favourite niece’s christening

Oh! My God! Chintu – the timid boy of our school

I never thought he would bike it to the mountains!

Wow, Wow, and Wow!

Fierce emotion-filled praises would surge forth

 

With everyone painting their own exotic stories

Pictures and videos splashed across

Giving me a peep into numerous lives

Even as I allowed them a peep into mine

 

Years passed by…

 

My habit of hurriedly uploading my status

Or sharing those unique captures

Only became stronger

Social Media was now my life’s anchor

And this looked true for  others

As I found myself constantly pondering

Over their musings-views-and-‘perfect lives’ candour

 

While I marveled at all these

I was also beginning to get weary!!!

Weary of shouting

Weary of admiring

Weary of building my larger-than-life persona

 

2018!

My posts are almost nil

My albums are silent

With few stray likes and comments

I still maintain my feeble connect

 

But to all those who matter

I am in constant touch

Not through posts, comments or likes

But through phone calls, visits and lovely chats over chai

 

I still admire

The creation of Facebook and Twitter

That changed the world

But my world remains unchanged

My family, relatives and friends

With whom I have re-connected

And with whom in the most humane way

My life is now engaged!