I am not talking about Gabriel Garcia Marquezs' 100 years of solitude but the solitude we faced in the last 5 days . We were virtually cutoff from the external world, living solely hooked to our LAN facilities for time pass. Many rumours followed by few factual details filled the air of our institute with one question , why internet not working properly? When not able to answer those equivocal questions people started relating Blogspot hohalla with the internet connections of IIT-B.
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" Bloggers in India are getting together to protest against the sudden blocking of popular Google-owned blog-hosting site Blogger by some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Spectranet, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), Reliance Powersurfer, Airtel Broadband and Sify."
Blogspot has been under the strict vigilance of various authorities. Indian government's vicious tactics to debar blogspot not only made me go mad type of poignant mood but roused the holy lineage of bloggers.They protested against the government under the aegis of article 19 of the Indian constitution which states that "all citizens shall have the right ..to freedom of speech and expression".
Internet and its ample resources has blighted the new age generation.Internet has made us its partisan henchman to such an extent that for a regular net browser its almost impractical to live without net. To be more precise it has encroached and more or less responsible for the eccentric behaviour of the students. A decade ago the same age group of men were use to be equally joyous and blithe with their surrounding. Spending time with their amigos, sharing deepest feeling with chums. But now the IT development captivated the students in their 8 feet by 10 feet room, sitting infront of their dabbas searching desperately for virtual friendship. I dont have any intention to buttress the old age generation and accuse the new generation with calumny. Infact the new IT revolution has impinged everyone including me irrespective of age or sex.
Anyhow the failure of net supply proved a boon for me. It helped me to complete some of my academic commitments , if not net then possibly those commitments would have dragged me to solitude.
This blog is to testify that the net is working properly and above all BLOGSPOT still has to cover many more years before its debarment.
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2 comments:
Good post. We are also facing some net connection problems over here (Dubai). But thats to do with the undersea cabling in some parts of U.A.E.
I like your openness, the way you mentioned "I dont have any intention to buttress the old age generation and accuse the new generation with calumny."
Internet is really a blessing for mankind, but not when it comes to academic commitments ;-)
i know...my first year's worse experiance and academic record speaks the truth
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