What the mobile phone did

Mobile phones have turned us into such strange creatures. We are all forever talking to people who are not with us right then, and in that process, ending up not talking to those who are.

Hasn't this happened to you? You go to a restaurant, the person who is with you gets a call, he/she spends what seems like hours on the phone, while you while away time by playing Snake on the phone or staring around. And then you get a call, it's this long lost friend, and in delight you yap away. Meanwhile your companion has finished the call and is staring around. Somewhere in between the calls and the SMSs and Snake and the staring, you finish lunch, and you go your own ways. And then you slap your forehead and say, "Shucks, I forgot to tell him this this this and this." So you call up the person you met just a couple of hours ago. In the meantime, someone is waiting around to have a word with you. And so it goes on, and on, and on.

There are so many Days -- Mothers, Fathers, Friends, Doctors, Kidneys. There should be a "No Mobile Phone Day". And on that day, let's all sit and talk to people who are with us, around us.