CONNECTING HOME : MOBILE PHONE
Who knew an object made from glass, metal, rubber and plastic could hold so much significance to me. This artifact I am talking about is a mobile phone. It came into existence as a telephone that evolved to become a cordless phone and is now known to us as a smart phone.
This black rectangular gadget that is as big as my fist acts as a bridge to me into a world that I left behind to come to America for education. Sitting 8,000 miles away from home, a mobile phone seems like a significant part of my life now. It helps me connect to my loved ones at a blink of an eye. I believe this object has helped make this world what I like to call a “global village”. |
Recalling to the time when my dad went to college for education, when things like Skype, face time and viber didn't exist, he could call back home maybe once in two weeks and could talk for a maximum of only three minutes at a stretch, but thirty years later the technology has revolutionized to such an extent that it has helped reduce distances, maybe not physically but emotionally. One can be a part of someone’s life even without being present, which has become possible only because of a gadget like a mobile phone.
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