Mobiles- A Game changer in everyone's life

Greetings, I am thinking which would be tougher in life, getting lost in a Mela or losing a mobile phone in our neighborhood.  I believe you all agree with me with the second one. It’s easier to find way out from a Mela but life comes to a halt without a mobile and just the idea of losing itself is dreadful. Mobiles have become an integral part of our life, Gone are the days where mobile is just used for voice communication, its era of converged technologies which means voice, data and video. No surprise if a mobile replaces a Television one day. Ladies & Gentlemen Mobiles a game changer in everyone’s life.

Let me take you through my story of my college days, where I first felt a dire need of a mobile phone, I had a crush on my sweet cute juniorJ.   She was very beautiful and resembled actress Tammana. I always desired to talk to her to get closer. Those were the days when mobile is not as prevalent as of today. She used to live in a fortress called ladies hostel where there was only one landline but 4 wardens. I used to go to a public telephone booth to call her up. The phone was always busy, it was obvious from the fact that it’s a ladies hostel all boys were desperate to try their luckJ. It used to take me 2-3 hours to get a ring tone; it was like tasting honey but only few drops of it as many times call used to end up abruptly.  There was a rule in that hostel that she has to talk for only 10 minutes. Imagine me waiting for 2 hours just for a 10 minute talk. It’s like getting a teaspoon of water in middle of a desert. I still remember the face of the telephone booth owner who used to scowl at me for always keeping his customers waiting by blocking the telephone. He used to resemble an angry Doberman waiting to bite all over. You are right, by now you would have guessed it right I ended up in a tragic love story. I felt a mobile at that time would have made my life a Kushi movie.  I Wish Manmohan Singh was PM at that time who desired mobiles for every Indian.

 Now days there are applications on your mobile which alerts you when your friend is near your vicinity. You can always surprise them with a gift; pay the bill of her shopping. Mobiles are a game changer to improving relations by providing seamless communication, integrating with social platforms where we can know updates, status along with location based services based on real time.

Moving from a college life to metro, I see we are offered better services in our apartments. When we walk out of office, we   can regulate temperature of our bedroom with an SMS of our mobile, ensure lift is grounded when we reach home; rice is cooked by controlling rice cooker in the kitchen. Mobiles are a game changer in improving efficiency in life.

It’s not that only city folks have all the fun with mobiles, villagers have their excitement too.

 Let me take you to another story of Raju who is a farmer in his village. Everyday have to walk several kilometers to switch on his irrigation pump. Many times he feels disappointed with erratic power supply .In his meager earnings he sometimes employs a person to support him to walk during midnight, that’s the only trusted time where there is power. He needs to battle wild animals, snakes, difficult terrain, and heavy downpour all the way. It would be heartbreaking for him in case he finds his irrigation pumps stolen, which is a common sight in villages. Nano ganesh is a product which helps him to remotely operate his pump from his mobile, check if electricity is there, power is on. He also gets an alarm on to his mobile if someone attempt stealing his pump. This means Raju can now sleep comfortably and confidently. Mobiles are certainly a game changer in improving quality of life.

It’s not that everyone likes mobile; there could one who detests this from their core of their heart.

One could be manufactures of noisy strange alarm pieces, bulk music players, and expensive digital cameras, torch lights makers for mobiles taking their bread and butter and almost making them outdated.

Second could be criminals as mobiles are always police friendly in solving cases. SMS, call logs are digital traces which help in investigation. In every successful crime chase there is always a mobile behind it.

Mobiles have intruded everywhere, be it hospital, workshop, theater, restaurant, bathroom, bedroom...Etc. With emerging technology and innovation they should always be an enabler to improve quality of life, foster relation and increase efficiency. Let’s not use it as medium to spread panic by hate messages and fake pictures, it shouldn’t be a reason for fatal accidents.  A mobile is like an iron whether you use it as a pillar of a building or a knife for killing is something I will leave it to audience.