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The Dilemma of a Social Media Mom

“Wow Mum, this mango cake looks super cool!” the little one drooled. “Yep! But no touching! Let it cool first, then we’ll cut it into pieces and…” “And take pictures and post them on Instagram and on Facebook and then tweet about it and then we can eat, am I right?” he beamed! “What? No! Where is all this coming from?” I asked aghast! It wasn’t that I was not planning on taking some pictures of this lovely cake that had turned out so spongy and looked all alphonso-yellow and super moist! But hearing my little one say this as if this was the whole purpose of having baked the cake and not the fact that it was the last day of his vacation; was what hurt me. “But you do that all the time, Mum!” “Sweetheart, I have told you before, my job requires me to post regular updates on social media and my work is such that it has to be shared on these platforms so that it reaches a lot of people and they can appreciate it and share it further…” I was going all ...

The distracted smart race

"Mom, I finished my picture!!" your toddler screams,....but you have to send out that email you are working on, like RIGHT NOW!  Your friend calls you up for a long chat; and all the while, you are thinking of that last message you were about to post on Whatsapp where you were involved in a serious discussion on your group..... You are ready to go to bed; but there are just a few more notifications you need to see that you never got time to check during the day..... You are in a flight and the flight attendant warns you sternly about switching off your phone (maybe for the fifth time!); but you need to send that one last message before you take off and are inaccessible for the next few hours....... Sound familiar?

i Am Smart

Festival time!! You take lots of colorful pictures....you make a lot of lovely videos with your children and your visiting family and friends.....and then you share  the pictures with those members of your family and friends that have missed out on the fun....wow! pretty simple huh?.....Of course!With my smart phone I can do all that and much more.....I can browse the net, have access to my emails, I can share my work and leisure with my friends, I can chat with them any time of day and night......all with just my smart phone!