Internet : A blessing and a curse
In the historic times, “the world was simple and ready to mingle”.
No one was racing, not much of a competition, slow development, low
population, less needs, less demands, less corruption, less terrorism,
less insecurity, more safety, happy and long life. The people were happy
with the small earning, with their regular work and with their family. I
think you will all agree with my thoughts.
Life was changing at that time also but the changes were slow and
steady. Taking as an example a child, the kids used to play outdoor
games like cricket, football, badminton, some sort of running and
chasing games and many more and indoor games like chess, table-tennis
and so on. They used to enjoy all those games because at that time they
didn’t have any means of leisure apart from such games. Though some
video games were there but they were also restricted with the available
games.
Then the world started evolving, people developed various scientific
technologies. As it is very well said that: “If science has blessed you
with utilities for your ease, then these utilities and facilities may
turn to poison some day or other if misused”. The jewels given by
science to us are all the machines like refrigerators, washing machines,
vehicles, phones, mobiles and the biggest invention is the computer.
The revolutionary role was played by the INTERNET. On another note,
these facilities can groom your life, if you use them properly for the
positive side, they can entertain you and help achieving your goal.
Do you all ever think about the internet? Is it a magical boon or a black moon?
In today’s era, internet has taken the place of each and everything
which I discussed in the above lines like games, friends, family and
social life. The child of 2-3 years now a days start playing with
mobiles and video handsets, the child in his early age is provided cell
phones and internet to cherish their future by gathering the information
from the entire world and for being connected with one another. Now the
question arises that are these facilities being used for the
improvement of the future or being misused?
We can’t stop our children from using internet but can only help them
separate right from wrong, that in which direction they have to move
forward by telling them about the benefits and flaws of both the good
and bad paths respectively.
The children in the very small age of 7-8 years are involved in the
social networking sites. To be social is not a wrong move, but to
include unknown in your list is the wrong move. They should be informed
about the bitter realities of the world before exposing them to the
world.
“Children are wet mud, whatever shape you want you can give to them,
but after they have taken a shape, again reshaping them will damage the
statue. “In the current scenario internet is serving to you with all
good and bad side of the world, by providing you free clicks and free
downloading. The net is serving you with adult games, porn films and
adult sites with no age restrictions.
Now what the parents can do if all the worst dishes are served in
their child plate? They might be busy in their work and it may happen
that their child may get involved in all these things and may be
destroyed completely. The parents can do only one thing that they should
openly talk to their children like a friend and tell them all the
things. They should not hide anything from their children because they
have to understand that if they will not tell anything to their child,
they will try to find their answer from any other source and that may be
more harmful to them. Be open and friendly with your child. Try to
understand them and present yourself in such a way that they understand
you.
Internet has provided uncountable advantages, but the need is to keep
your eyes open and then take the advantage. In the upcoming days
internet is being used as the source of employment also. There are many
sites and forums by which we can earn money online. There are SMS and
mail sending jobs also. But as I said that if you are given facilities
they can be turned into a curse also, and such a case again came in
lime light in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
The recent case of 29june, 2013 which included the case of fraud and
cheat. A chit-fund company named Radiance Online Service Private
Limited has asked for some investment from the users by promising of
multiplying the amount every month. Some problem came in the site and
the whole work came to an end. No payment made, few cheques were bounced
and the users filed a complaint against the owner of the company.
Millions of rupees are involved in the scandal. Users are asking for the
refund. Currently the owner is in judicial custody.
So, with this case we can reach to the end result that the internet
is misused. Now in this case social media is greatly involved. Media is
just elaborating the news by adding salt and pepper to the facts of the
case. The role of media is rather negative in the current scenario. They
are just moving to gather the plentiful information without concerning
about people’s lives. Media has made privacy public. Instead of helping
the public, they make them guilty to get any news out of them. By
quoting an example, the selfish role of media can be well presented. The
disaster, the cloud burst which took place in Uttarakhand, India, which
took the life of almost 2lakh people and destroyed everything over
there, the media people from every channel went over there to get the
footage, coverage with the helicopters or private vans but the media
authority never thought of financially helping the people over there or
just seeking their help to them. If they tried, they would have saved
many lives by taking few of them in their vehicles but no efforts were
made.
This is the picture of the world towards what we are heading to. The
picture is really endangering us but have to be dealt with the existing
picture to make it beautiful and productive.