LiFe is CooL

 My new friend - Facebook

Twitter topped the list of 'English word of 2009' and left Obama to sulk

at the second spot. Unfriend (Courtesy Facebook) made its way to the Oxford Dictionary. This is the power of Social Networking. Power and its misuse are like Hand in Glove.

Priya told me how a close friend of her came to meet her and the moment she stepped in, her first question was 'is your internet working?' and within

few moments she found another friend of her online and she immersed herself in a virtual conversation oblivious to the fact that Priya was around. Few days later, Priya was visited by another outstation friend and surprisingly even here the first query that popped out was regarding internet. Even this friend of her found fertilizing Farmville every few minutes far more important than Priya.

Virtual world seem to have taken over the real world. Things were not rosy even earlier and now they are even more aggaravated with the introduction of mind-numbing platforms like Farmville. Research has shown that devoting excessive time to such platforms or chatting in general introduce serious implications with the Brain's productivity and the ideation power. Social networking has certainly brought our inaccessible friends closer to us but at the same time deprived us of the real time fun. Experiences like the fragrance of mud in the first rain, making castles on the beach are much more valuable than fertilizing that dull animated farm. Go out, explore, there is lot to see, a lot to read and a lot to learn. Indulge yourself in some recreational activity. And most important of all, cherish your friends.