Smart Phones for 'Smarter' People

I guess back in the good 'ol days when the number of gadgets were less, people had more faith and trust!
With the mobile phone era, we want to know where the other person is almost every other hour! If someone says they will meet you at 5:30 in the evening, we expect a call at 4:30 confirming the same, then one at, say, 5:00 to let us know they are leaving their house, and then at 5:15 - stuck in traffic might be late, then at 5:30 - to push it to 6:00. Wind the clock back by a decade and if you were to meet the same someone at 5:30, you went with faith and trust that the person would be there!

Take the airport, for example, How many of us read books now? There was a time when people were either immersed in a book or were doing the 'Hello, How are you?' to their neighbours. Now almost everybody is glued to their phones. We seem to have lost the art of conversation as well!

But of course, with mobile phones there are numerous advantages as well - when we use them well! So here are a few things we can try to do (me included!)

• Switch off your phone for some time
• Read a good book
• Talk to a Stranger
• Smell the Roses (Well, In Bangalore you might have to go to a park!)
• Take a long walk
• Go to Corner house and have an ice-cream! (That we do! :) )