Fiction
“Which
topi did you buy?” She asked while her
fingers flew with supersonic speed on the virtual keypad of the smartphone
commenting on the selfies posted by her countless friends on Facebook.
“Your
favourite brand,” he said indifferently.
He was busy with the selfie videos posted by his other girlfriends on
Whatsapp. He couldn’t remember which her
favourite brand was. It doesn’t matter,
he knew. She was not likely to notice
it. What does the brand name of an
artificial skin matter when the bliss experienced by real skins explodes like a
neural bomb in the brain making it oblivious to everything else? He knew girls well enough to understand that
their brand choices were only ways of inflating their already overblown
egos.
“Hey,
look here,” she said. “Our PM has sent a
selfie after casting his vote.”
“He
is our leader,” he said without
looking at what she was playing with. He
was busy with his own selfie messages on Whatsapp. But he added, “The leader of selfies.”
“When
are you taking me to dinner?” another girlfriend was enquiring after sending
him a beautiful selfie video of hers.
“2moro,
darlin,” he punched in his response quickly.
“bzy 2dy.”
And
he clicked his latest selfie and sent it to her.
“Shall
we go?” he asked switching from the virtual to the real.
“Oh,
yeah.” She said. “Just a moment.” She clicked a selfie and enriched the
Facebook with it. “Ready,” she sounded
contented.
In the land of blind, the one eyed is the king. Won't say more
ReplyDeleteNot blind, rather too many eyes open. Recently an 'Open' columnist wrote that our PM is his own image consultant and interpreter. India was just waiting for someone like that, it seems. The whole of India may become their own image consultant and interpreter soon. That's the new mantra.
Delete:) The Selfie Mania!
ReplyDeleteAnd a rapidly spreading one!
DeleteGreat post...very insightful...thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeleteMost welcome.
DeleteGreat post........feel better to read this post.............
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Glad to see you here.
DeleteThat was short n sweet..... :)
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteA perfect and effective way to convey the current craze of our country you really nailed it sir.
ReplyDeleteIt's always amusing to watch youngsters nowadays, whether in the metro train, or cafeteria, or just anywhere - they're always busy with their mobile phones. And most pics they put are of their own. Hence this story...
DeleteA laugh riot right from the word Go.
ReplyDeleteGlad to have entertained you, Athena.
DeleteReally nice post, the way you convert reality into fiction....
ReplyDeleteNot difficult to create this kind of fiction, Arpita, because it is the actual reality translated into words.
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