A Day Wihout SMS

One sided communication is something that i have hated through out ma life.It makes me feel the distance between two individuals,and also awkwardness that comes along where one person does all the taking and the other the SUFFERING.In one sided conversations one can never intercept the thoughts going through the other persons mind.Words get clogged,thereby leading to further complications.

The older generation will never understand the importance of communication.After a tiring day,as i lay on ma bed ma mobile beeped,message from ma friend Niv.Without any delay i typed ma reply and waited for the screen to display

DELIVERED:Niv

I waited and waited and finally much to ma surprise ma display showed FAILURE.Okay this can't be that bad i sent message to ma other friend Smi ,who shares the same network as mine.Failure yet again and that didn't sound good.The subsequent events were acts of despair:switched on and off ma mob,corrected ma SIM.No use ,finally accepting ma defeat kept ma mob afar."Why you not replying?"Nivs messages were driving me to the verge of insanity.Frustrated i switched off ma mobile in the hope i will wake up from the bad dream the next day.

The first thing i did in the morning was to check if ma bad dream was over but, NO.I tried to contact ma network provider guess what ??they don't have a customer care even after their proud proclamation :HAPPY TO HELP.Well, i was bound to suffer, and the fact i was getting frustrated with each passing minute.Seeing ma reddish face dad asked"Why such a fuss over some stupid SMS"?."Dad you wont understand" i put in.Dad looked at me, straight on ma face before putting in"We grew up in a world where there were no mobiles and telephones.Sill we managed to survive.So,you too can go on without modern communication devices.Earlier there used to be face to face communication now, everyone seems to be giving a miss when you think of someone even if he/she is staying so close.No one makes an effort to put in real conversation.When someone says he is happy over a SMS you can't really know for sure if he is saying the truth".After that lengthy conversation with Dad even, i started feeling "I can survive".

Ending on a happy note i got ma SMS connection back later in the evening.Now I'm typing away.Still,in the back of ma head the things dad said lingers on and on.