Train to technology !! thoughts random- randomly expressed

Train Journey! slow local ! going from one station to the next . enjoyed it thoroughly.

It was fascinating and fulfilling! I took a slow local from Santacruz to Elphinstone, starting from buying the ticket, climbing up the staircases,escalators, busy people, backpacks on the front,  (when asked one girl replied for safety reasons) but , a big but,there is a big difference in the 20 years. 

the noise of chattering has come down to a greater extent. do I say thanks to technology !! or feel sad that technology has isolated individuals .....

Either busy listening to songs, few pretending to listen to, few people speaking from their late monthly cycle to mom in law's issues, everything under the Sun, oblivious to others,...

Casual conversation and getting to know one another and help one another, all fading slowly in the distant horizon.

Hindsight !!!     
Why not think in these terms, world has become compact in a palm size equipment, you don't need to take time off to go and meet near and dear ones. all love and hate is just a keypad away. Using it efficiently and blaming on it is obviously our choice. 

What's required as a tool of communication, such handy piece of equipment now does what not... From banking, shopping to online transactions from food to white goods, you name it and you have it. 

Adapting to technology has become a child's play to the people born in late 50s and 60s like us.. 

At the same time yearning for old times, is stressful to us. 

The physical warmth and exchange of pleasantries like visiting each other on special occasions, unannounced surprise visits of cousins near and far, casually dropping in to stay for a couple of days, sudden night show movies,  devotional mood to go to temples and just sitting in the terrace and gossip about the neighbourhood boys and girls, wearing same colour dresses, playing make believe skits, writing songs of our own and singing in totally not synchronising voices. 

Utter innocence, no deceit, no jealous and no bias. 

Parents never treated anybody unimportant, loved everyone in the family and the kith and kin the same. No partiality or bias in sharing anything, immense hospitality in spite of economic conditions.

Aforesaid experiences are priceless. These lack in this days of technology. We miss these because we went through this, probably the current generation don't miss it because they haven't experienced it. One can only miss if one had the taste of it. 

A 20 minutes train journey has taken the thought train from here to the past, one generation to the other, the boon and bane of technology..

It is all in the mind. Enjoy the moment and go with the flow. Don't pine for what is not.