THERE WAS A TIME WHEN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE WERE KEPT PRIVATE .QUITE A FEW SPHERES OF A PERSON'S LIFE WERE KEPT TO THE PRIVATE AND PERSONAL DOMAIN ...CERTAIN FAMILY EVENTS/AFFAIRS, RELATIONSHIPS , FEELINGS AND OTHER SUCH FACETS OF YOU AND YOUR LIFE WERE GIVEN A SACRED STATUS ..MEANT ONLY TO BE SHARED BY A SPECIAL FEW .....AND NOT FOR THE SCRUTINY OF HUNDREDS OF ODD PEOPLE .
YOU MAY BLAME IT ON THE FAST PROLIFERATION OF THE MEANS OF MASS COMMUNICATION OR ON THE RADICAL CHANGES IN THE MENTALITY OF THE PEOPLE BUT THE THIN LINE BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC HAS GOT BLURRED . TAKE FOR INSTANCE OUR SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES LIKE FACEBOOK , ORKUT AND THE LIKE ..WE OFTEN FIND PEOPLE EXPOSING , WITHOUT ANY QUALMS ,THERE INNERMOST FEELINGS LIKE LOVE ,SORROW, ANGER, HATRED AND JEALOUSY (WHICH IRONICALLY THEY WILL HESITATE TO EXPRESS FACE TO FACE) THROUGH THESE SITES ..INTIMATE PICTURES ARE PUT UP FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE ON THE FRIEND LIST OF YOUR BOSS YOU MIGHT JUST EVEN SEE YOUR BOSS'S PICTURES WITH HIS 'SPECIAL SOMEONE' WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AN IMPOSSIBILTY EARLIER , NOT ONLY BECAUSE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ARE A RECENT PHENOMENA BUT ALSO BECAUSE THIS SELF DISPLAYING TENDENCY HAS TAKEN OVER US OFF LATE FOR WHICH WE CAN ATTRIBUTE A LARGE NUMBER OF CAUSES..BY JUST BEING CONFIRMED AS A FRIEND OF A PERSON ON FACEBOOK YOU ARE MANY A TIMES PRIVY TO THE MOST INTIMATE AND PERSONAL MOMENTS OF A PERSON'S LIFE ..GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THINGS WERE MEANT TO BE FOR YOU AND A FEW OTHERS ...PERHAPS ITS THE SAFE IMPERSONAL NATURE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES WHICH MAKES COMMUNICATING SOOO EASY ...OR THE FACT THAT YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT YOU WANT TO PROJECT ..ALSO THE IDEA OF HAVING YOUR OWN ACCOUNT WHERE YOU CAN DISPLAY A VERY FAVOURABLE POTRAIT OF YOURSELF IS ALSO VERY APPEALING. AND THE INTIMATE NATURE OF THE UPLOADED PICTURES AND CHANGING REALATIONSHIP STATUSES ......LETS NOT EVEN GET THERE .
CHEAP DISPLAY OF LOVE IS NOT ONLY SEEN IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES BUT ALSO IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE .. TRY GOING TO A PUBLIC PARK DURING EVENINGS AND YOU WILL GET TO KNOW WHAT I MEAN ...SINCE WHEN DID WE BECOME SHALLOW THAT WE NOW USE OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO FLAUNT OUR POPULARITY ??? SINCE WHEN DID THE MANTRA SURROUNDING LOVE BECAME ' IF YOU HAVE IT THEN FLAUNT IT' ?? ...THATS EXACTLY MY POINT ..... MANY A TIMES I HAVE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE SHARING SUCH PERSONAL DETAILS OF THEIR LIFE WITH OTHERS CONCERNING THERE FEELINGS. THE REALITY SHOWS ON TV HAVE ALSO INVADED PEOPLE'S PRIVACY ... OFTEN THEY OPENLY SHOW THE PROBLEMS IN A COUPLE'S RELATIONSHIP AND THERE MYRRIAD FAMILY PROBLEMS WHICH DOES WONDERS FOR THEIR TRP...NOTHING IS PRIVATE ...EVERYTHING IS UP THERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE ...WASHING DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC IS WHAT WE CAN TERM THIS AS ...AND THE BIGGEST CATCH IS THAT MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW...MAYBE WE HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED A LOT BY THE PAPARAZZI CULTURE AND THE LIVES OF THE CELEBRITIES WHO REALLY DO NOT HAVE A PRIVATE LIFE AND LIKE THEM WE WANT EVERYTHING ABOUT US TO BE WIDELY KNOWN...ORF CORSE WE CANNOT COMPLAIN BECAUSE WE WILLINGLY SUBJECT OURSELVES TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY OR EVEN TO A LARGE NUMBER OF ALMOST STRANGERS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES.....
STRANGE BUT TRUE......
