Was greatly surprised the other day when two girls who had been speaking in chaste Marathi for the past fifteen minutes bid goodbye only to round it off with a "Take Care, haan" (FYI, my role was that of a bored observer in a particular public place)

Déjà vu...aren't we all familiar with the "tc" abbreviation frequently mentioned and very much replaced by the quintessential "bye" at the end of electronic communication nowadays (read informal IM powwows, E-mail). How many of us actually mean it, is a different story altogether, the results of which I am sure point to it being more a formality or a follow-thy-peer thing rather than anything deeper and heartfelt. But the point I want to make is isn't it mildly disquieting to slip in and out of the virtual world and not realise it at all...are we losing touch with the real world in more aspects than one?...(am I growing old and hence thinking too much?)

Current Music: Ne majasi ne parath matrabhoomi la (excellent Marathi poetry by Veer Savarkar and one that is equally difficult to render vocally too)