Headphone Mania

Some scholar once said, listen double of how much you speak. But the Gen X seems to have taken that too seriously. No applause for the obedient young ones as they are not forging ahead in listening to their peers or parents but are glued to their earphones like they have not been separated from the naval cord since birth and have reattached it at the wrong place instead.

Not much before there were times when we used to venture out without any cellphones and still land home safely. However, now even the munna takes his phone to accompany him in the grueling bathroom session on the commode.

With economy heading towards the south, I wonder that despite of everyone glued to their phones everywhere, how come the shares are not showing any glowing development. Be it the rickshawala, the auto driver or a girl crossing road on heels, everyone makes sure not to skip a music beat while on the move. 

Even kids make sure to keep their phones beside their pillow in case some breaking news needs their attention or a friend in need lands into an emergency. The truth is different; the addiction to just keep your fingers swiping the phone screen makes all the work important in itself.

With deaths due to road rage and road accidents becoming a record every year, people still prefer to keep their ears stuffed with earphones rather than paying attention to horns being blown by impatient drivers, thanks to no law against unnecessary honking.

I still remember my father’s phone taking a bath with him as he had to answer an emergency phone call from his boss. The people have generalized the notion that a person must always be answerable on phone, no matter if he is taking a bath. Even mothers grow impatient and tense when their daughter avoids to pick her phone while withdrawing money from an atm.

 A simple invention to enable better listening of a phone call has now a rope dangling over the shoulders. But technology and innovation comes with a price and that we all must know.