My Internet_waala Story

Tania John
Sep 3, 2018 · 3 min read

Every 90’s kid has their own internet story to share. With Introduction of Reliance –Jio Network, having infinite talk time and data balance is no long exciting. But back then (or let’s say some two-three years ago) access to 1 GB data everyday was off-limits. Even though it was available , I’m pretty sure my parents weren’t that open minded to buy us one.

School syllabus back then wasn’t very techy as now and the Power Point Presentations done by Senior teachers were a big deal back then. Computer Education, for me, started in third standard and we were tutored how to operate the Windows XP ‘dabba’ computer systems and to use the ‘paint’. I had friends who used to believe that they were potential graphic designers because they were decent painters in ‘Microsoft Paint’. Apart from all of this what triggered me the most was the symbol ‘e’ depicting Internet Explorer. Google and Wikipedia were the easy methods to find answers and hence we were rarely allowed to ‘browse’.Television being the fad back then, no one cared to scroll down the content on YouTube. With promotion in classes, Computer teachers did teach us that Internet was the interconnection of networks and was the future. We were taught the History of Computers for the next few months, which I feel was pretty useless because the only character I can remember from the whole syllabus is Sir Charles Babbage. So school wasn’t a solution to get introduced to the web.

As time passed and computers and laptops became pretty common, my dad got frustrated finding content for my assignments and finally after long discussions and compromises done, he agreed to buy us a Personal Computer with an Idea Prepaid Internet Connection. This was the first gadget that felt personal to me, because everyone had their own drive and folders and their own personal space in it. By this time, technology had improved at a way faster pace as this one was ‘Windows 7 Enterprise’ with another default browser called Google Chrome. Since then there was no looking back. Wikipedia was copied for projects and Meritnation.com was the source of Textbook solutions. Movies and Games were downloaded through Torrent and other illegal sites. Above all, our friends circle too widened through Facebook and Google+. Emails were the other major mediums to keep our acquaintances and friends in contact.

Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan!!

The next big thing was the launching of smart phones. New gizmos were not welcomed well back then, so it took some time for me to even get of glimpse of this new technology. News spread very fast and I soon knew about the perks of having a smart phone. My father bought one for himself under peer pressure and we were allowed to use it (until he understood well, how the phone works). College gave me more freedom in terms of buying a smartphone for myself. There’s an emotional connect associated with the phone, that I feel it’s more of a lifeline for me. Comfort level is maximum and now everything is done just by a single touch.

The whole intention of narrating this story is to introspect and to realize how fortunate we are to be born in this era. Especially, for the youth, who were earlier assigned to do basic chores, everything seems to be ticked off with the help of a smartphone and Jio-network. I can’t even think of myself standing in those long queues for paying bills to earn some extra pocket money,while I get it as my paytm cash now.Expanding our limits to a new extent, internet caters to our urge for more instant content.From YouTube to Jio TV ,I no longer need to fight for the TV remotes anymore. This has made us capable to think out of the box and to explore new thing. To contradict all these our older generations do have a lot of excuses and complaints against this technology and internet but for me this definitely is a LIFESAVER.

Tania John

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