Hello Hello !!

Early in the morning, I get a call... a wake-up call to be precise... From the MAID !!... yeah, you've already read about how the maid replaced the rooster in my life, and how she made it easier than the life abroad. But did I mention about the cell phone she maintains ?? Ok, her number aside... she calls up to say she wouldn't be able to come that day. Atleast, isnt it commendable that she informed on time? And that too, with her own cell phone. 2009 ki nayi bai...

And then, I SMSed our milkman (the doodhwala) to get extra packets of milk that day, because of the sweet dish I intended to dish out for my kiddos. The point here is, he would come every single day, give a missed call to our cell phone, and then deliver the milk. Utilisation of technology !!

The other day, this auto-rickshaw man, dropped me off from the market, and gave me his mobile number, just in case I needed to go yet again anywhere else....just a convenient way... A new age for call-autos !!

So, was this the same India which started a little over a decade ago, with bulky handsets and even bulkier per-minute rates?? Worst of all, the incoming calls were charged too.. so the dream of a cell phone was only realised with the most-elite group in India. After a few years, this luxury slowly descended to the middle-class section too, with one of the providers making the incoming calls to be absolutely free. Was it a boon? Indeed it was... and so due to the heavy competition, almost all the providers did pronto. Years passed by, and the model of the cell phone became the owner's pride, instead of actually owning it too.

And then came the realisation of a rich oil-businessman, who dreamt of giving a cell phone even to the remotest of villages. Atleast, that's what the publicity was all about. In a few years, this almost came true. Almost kya?? When the daily public , like the maid, florist and even the auto fellow, we interact exchange cellphone numbers, doesn't it give you a great feel?? (Of course, you secretly watch out for their phone model, and try to change your own cell phone...heheh...but that's also improvisation in one way..isn't it ?? )

So, is this a better India ? For sure!! Am happy that the so-called developing country is welcoming technology with open arms, way much better than the other third-world countries.

Staying connected is the key word... so, what if the signal quality is sometimes so low that the "hello" fever has caught up the nation??
Atleast, we are trying !!!!